On 03/19/2012 06:46 PM, ZR wrote: > A 175' run of 5 Slinkys will have about the same directivity as a 550' or so > Beverage, a bit better SNR and still enough signal to not need a preamp most > of the time. > > Its still a Beverage. > > Statement based upon years of use. YMMV
A beverage works because the difference in velocity factors (between air and wire? between wire and ground?) bends the wavefront. Does a slinky, with a lower velocity factor, bend the wavefront more? Does it somehow end up with a lower takeoff angle, and maybe better azimuthal directivity than a similar length of straight wire? I am somewhat checked out from work right now, or I would model this in NEC. Right now I'm hoping someone else already has :) Also, do you need special slinkies for constructing a beverage? Say, stainless steel or bronze ones? -- All rights reversed. _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
