QRPers generally do not need Beverages as much as other stations do. Think about that one for awhile.
jim / W1FMR --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Milt -- N5IA <n...@zia-connection.com> wrote: > From: Milt -- N5IA <n...@zia-connection.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: It is not so much propagation > To: > Cc: Topband@contesting.com > Date: Monday, March 19, 2012, 2:23 PM > Beverages do NOT make lightning > caused static crashes go away. They can > significantly reduce the received level of the crashes from > the directions > different from the listening direction. > > However, in the listening direction Beverages will actually > "clear up" the > crashes being heard from that direction. In other > words, those crashes will > become the predominant ones you hear with the exception of > those caused by > local storms. > > The crashes from the listening direction will not be as > strong as they will > be when listening on the TX antenna. > > The points I am trying to make are: > > 1. Beverages work VERY well. > > 2. Beverages will NOT eliminate all static crashes. > > 3. There is no silver bullet, but Beverages are about > as close to the > perfect solution as you can get. > > 4. There is NO substitute for acreage. I > sincerely wish everyone had the > capability of installing Beverages. But that wish is > no different than my > wish that we all had our TX antennas at the edge of a salty > ocean beach. > So, we live with what we have. > > Mis dos centavos, > > de Milt, N5IA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Guy Olinger K2AV > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 8:19 AM > > Only if they have space for them. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:59 AM, K4OWR <k2...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > :::: When I switch to my beverage antenna the noise pretty > much goes to > almost nothing. > Don't most serious operators have one....or more??? > BILL K4OWR > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On 3/19/2012 10:22 AM, N7DF wrote: > > During the summer the storm static is the main obstacle to > top band > operation here 40 over nine crashes every > 30 seconds kind of drown out > everything, QRP or QRO > > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK