Topband: Stew - Low Band Jack in VK6

Hi Guys, The last few weeks have seen some good openings to stateside from VK6 and some very strong signals, on a relatively quiet band, so I was looking forward to the Stew, however, the first serious thunderstorm activity of our approaching summer, picked the Stew weekend to fire up and

Re: Topband: Phased staggered beverages

Thanks Frank & Dave, The spacing and stagger I mentioned just doesn’t seem to work (the rear and side lobes and ultimately the RDF) regardless of the phasing. If I’m going for max RDF to EU that fits in my property the best scenario appears to be two 540’ beverages spaced ~20’ and staggered

Topband: Broadside phased Beverages-Observations

Here are some observations comparing broadside phased Beverage pairs and single wires, and the effect of AZ alignment on target DX. Does a 21 degree AZ change in Beverage orientation make a difference? At my remote station I have 15 Beverage wires ranging from 750' to 1,000' long. There are 3

Topband: Looking for Common Mode Choke on Receive thread

I have lost an email that described building a common mode choke for receive antennas that was made with a binocular core and RG-316 coax or the equivalent for 75 ohm. Looked like a simple project but I seem to have lost the email after a recent computer swap. thanks, Bill K3SV