Re: Topband: Beverage in a slope

2017-04-13 Thread Yuri Blanarovich
I had 1300 ft Beverage running down the hill, it sucked (not signals). Inv Vee was beating it. I cut it in half and second night in the contest it worked well, beating Inv Vee on DX signals. It looks like in the direction of the slope on a hill, the pattern, reception cone is forced to lower ang

Re: Topband: Beverage in a slope

2017-04-13 Thread Jon Zaimes
To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Beverage in a slope I am planning to install a second 180m (590 feet) long reversible Beverage in the next months to cover the NW-SE directions, but due to terrain restrictions of my property it will have to be installed in a slope. The feed would be

Re: Topband: Beverage in a slope

2017-04-11 Thread Herbert Schoenbohm
GabrielYou will be presently surprise how well that works. You might even get some enhance FB out of it. I had such a sloping Beverage almost exactly like described on EU running downhill and with a 100 foot drop from previous location here on St. Croix and it was superb. Herb, KV4FZ

Topband: Beverage in a slope

2017-04-11 Thread Gabriel - EA6VQ
I am planning to install a second 180m (590 feet) long reversible Beverage in the next months to cover the NW-SE directions, but due to terrain restrictions of my property it will have to be installed in a slope. The feed would be near the top of hill and the Beverage would slope down, being the f