o longer cadmium plated.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
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>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Mike Waters"
> To: "topband"
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 12:42 PM
>
> Subject: Re: Topband: Length of Beverages
>
>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
t was after
they were no longer cadmium plated.
Carl
KM1H
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Waters"
To: "topband"
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Length of Beverages
Hi Jim,
As we move the turns closer, we increase the velocity fa
Hi Jim,
As we move the turns closer, we increase the velocity factor too much. At
some point, the Slinky will receive off the opposite (feed) end. Tom
explains it at
www.w8ji.com/slinky_and_loaded_beverages.htm .
And I just found this, where K5UO seems to say that his Slinky was about 12
turns pe
the rope, past the point where it fires backwards (and
then some), maybe.
Using your idea I wonder if a pair could be wound bifilar and used as
> switched bidirectional?
>
Why not?
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
> - Original Message - From: Mike Waters
> Subject: Re: Topband
t;Richard (Rick) Karlquist"
Cc: "Mike Waters" ;
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Length of Beverages
It makes difference on "regular" ground.
Once I put up "killer" 1200 ft Beverages on a location on the top of the
hill, with slightly
It makes difference on "regular" ground.
Once I put up "killer" 1200 ft Beverages on a location on the top of the
hill, with slightly sloping ground around. First night in the contest
Inv Vee was beating them. Sloping terrain and long wires were likely
producing low angles, way too low for prop
It makes difference on "regular" ground.
Once I put up "killer" 1200 ft Beverages on a location on the top of
the hill, with slightly sloping ground around. First night in the
contest Inv Vee was beating them. Sloping terrain and long wires were
likely producing low angles, way too low for pr
To: topband
Cc: Carl
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Length of Beverages
If I every put up a Slinky-style Beverage, I'm probably going to try #12 TW
solid insulated copper wire. Probably will close-wind it on a ~4" diameter
fixture made from PVC pipe, and then
The best thing I ever did for Topband receiving was to lay out a 220 foot wire
on the ground pointed NE to Europe. I then put one down for 480 feet due West.
Switching from one to the other was dramatic. Because I could just hear
stations to the south but not copy them I put up a short conventio
If I every put up a Slinky-style Beverage, I'm probably going to try #12 TW
solid insulated copper wire. Probably will close-wind it on a ~4" diameter
fixture made from PVC pipe, and then stretch it out along its rope support.
Any ballpark idea what the pitch should be?
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
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Message -
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist"
To: "Mike Waters" ; "topband"
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Length of Beverages
On 7/26/2014 2:32 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
On my bucket list is a system for remotely changing the
On 7/26/2014 2:32 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
On my bucket list is a system for remotely changing the lengths of my two
2-wire Beverages between 580 and ~800 feet long.
I actually tried this and discovered that any wire beyond
400 feet made no difference whatsoever. This is because
I am on hig
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 10:39 AM, wrote:
> Longer Beverages provide narrower beamwidth, which reduces QRM or QRN that
> would be received through the main lobe of a shorter Beverage
>
On my bucket list is a system for remotely changing the lengths of my two
2-wire Beverages between 580 and ~800
ire laid on the ground could be
used as an alternative.
73
Frank
W3LPL
- Original Message -
From: "Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband"
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 3:31:41 PM
Subject: Topband: Length of Beverages
I'm planning on putting up some
crashes.
You can never have too many antennas...
73
Frank
W3LPL
- Original Message -
From: "Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband"
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 3:31:41 PM
Subject: Topband: Length of Beverages
I'm planning on putting up some Be
I'm sure it varies a lot from QTH to QTH, but here, over mostly volcanic
ash and sand, I could see significant difference between 800 foot and
1100 foot.
I never got around to trying longer than 1100 because I could not work
all that I could hear with those.
These days, being older and slowe
I'm planning on putting up some Beverages for the fall season...primarily
for use on 160. Unfortunately, they have to be taken down again in the
Spring for crops. The good news is they can be any length up to around
1200-1300 feet.
Many have said that around 880 ft is the "sweet spot". I
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