My two cents:
This thread is one of the BEST we have every had on Topband. Very
informative. Thanks to everyone who took time to post.
I started with Beverages in 1980 shortly after moving to my current QTH in
NH. I had five and they were pointed NE, E, S, W and NW. I used the single
wire design
Just a few more observations with receive antennas. This past year, I
did a lecture at the DX club about low band receive antennas.
Basically, I gave points for various characteristics of the antennas as
I employ them at my QTH. I compared the DX engineering circle 8 vs SAL
vs Beverage vs
Craig,
Great looking toward the large circular arrays. Getting to be a popular
item. Must be a hoot to switch it around in a contest.
Two of my antennas are Beverage using WD-1A. One a two direction BOG and
the other a two direction 9 ft above ground. I Like the wire as it is
Friends,
I need to really increase my country count on 160M so I've decided to
installed dedicated receiving antennas. My home is on a 6 acre rectangular
lot so I have room for a couple of 800 ft beverages at 90 degree angles or
an 8 element circular array.
I've been carefully following the
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Subject: Topband: Recommended Antennas for 160M/80M Receiving
Friends,
I need to really increase my country count on 160M so I've decided to
installed dedicated receiving antennas. My home is on a 6 acre rectangular
lot so I have room for a couple of 800 ft beverages at 90 degree
, December 21, 2014 7:12 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Recommended Antennas for 160M/80M Receiving
Friends,
I need to really increase my country count on 160M so I've decided to
installed dedicated receiving antennas. My home is on a 6 acre rectangular
lot so I have room
.
73,
Jim W8ZR
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mack
McCormick
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 7:12 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Recommended Antennas for 160M/80M Receiving
Friends,
I need to really
On Sun,12/21/2014 6:11 AM, Mack McCormick wrote:
I've been carefully following the discussion about the merits of various 8
element arrays and beverages.
I suggest that you study W3LPL's excellent presentation on 160M RX
antennas from K3LR's Contest University at Dayton this past spring. The
I just drafted a reply to Mack's question delineating the problem I've had with
my
vertical arrays. After I sent the e-mail, an idea popped into my head. I wonder
if
my problems have to do with ground conductivity? The soil here in New England
is poor (2 mS) and beverages are known to perform
On 2014-12-21, at 12:23 PM, Roger D Johnson wrote:
I just drafted a reply to Mack's question delineating the problem I've had
with my
vertical arrays. After I sent the e-mail, an idea popped into my head. I
wonder if
my problems have to do with ground conductivity? The soil here in New
Mack,
My actual on-the-air test and experience at my QTH in Arkansas has
revealed the 8 vertical array systems outperform beverages. I wrote an
article with graphs showing the signal performance difference over one low
band season that I can direct you to if you are interested and also
provide
Joel,
Thank you very much for your kind reply. Do you have a preferred model of 8
element array that will perform well on 160M and 80M? Yes, I'd love to read
the article. Of course, I belong to the ARRL.
Vy 73,
Mack
W4AX
Mack
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Joel Harrison w...@w5zn.org
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