I’m wondering what experiences are out there regarding small vertical array, or
beverage performance in the winter over frozen ground.
The reason for this question is that over the last 2 weeks or so, my HI-z (24’
vertical) SDR skimmer antenna at my remote QTH has shown somewhat diminished
per
Steve - when I see an increase in Intermod, my mind goes away from poor
grounds, and towards oxidized connectors and flaky relay contacts.
Reseat all connectors, tighten all screws, and hot-switch relay contacts till
you find the offender.
Tim N3QE
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> On Dec 7, 2016, at 4:3
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 1:36 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: RX ant-Frozen ground
I’m wondering what experiences are out there regarding small vertical array, or
beverage performance in the winter over frozen ground.
The reason for this question is that over the last 2
Hi Steve;
Even though I am about 80km from the nearest MW transmitter, BCB IM is a
constant issue here. Considerably worse in the winter. I am always VERY
suspicious that any crankup towers would be a significant contributor to
the creation of IMD products, both because of the sliding sections a
ot;VE6WZ Steve" , topband@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 10:23:40 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: RX ant-Frozen ground
When we at Hi-Z see deterioration it is often the output cable running to the
receiver where the typical aluminum shield no longer makes great contact. Also
if it's
Hi Steve
I am fairly confident that Sudbury counts as a cold place...
I have found Beverages to be very insensitive indeed to their locale and
operating conditions. (I have a total of 15, mostly phased.) I now use 4 x 50'
radials at each end, but have previously used 3 x 25'. I do not believe t
I thought I'd share my own experience with Beverages and *newly-driven-in
ground rods* in frozen soil. Here's a relevant excerpt from
www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html#Beverage_antenna_grounds
"When I [first] put up my ... Beverage, ... I occasionally had to 'help'
the ground conductivity at th
