Hi Tim, Here's how I did it. http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html#transmitting_on_a_Beverage
I left the termination resistor off, and it still had a 5 dB F/B ratio. I also connected the two wires at each end and added a few extra radials. It surprised me how well it worked on 75 meters and up. It was fun to try, but I wouldn't recommend trying to win any contests with it. :-) 73, Mike On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Shoppa, Tim <tsho...@wmata.com> wrote: > Every time I accidentally transmit into my receive antennas, I burn out > the matching transformers and/or termination resistors in short order! > > I would guess the military termination resistors are quite a bit beefier > :-) > > Tim N3QE > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike > Waters > Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 2:04 PM > To: Tom W8JI; topband > Subject: Re: Topband: tree losses > > Bingo! Just because the military does (or did) something with antennas > doesn't means it's good for us all to repeat. > > There was a discussion some time back that a Beverage must make a good > transmitting antenna, because the military does it somewhere. I can vouch > for the fact that while we can indeed transmit on a Beverage and make > contacts with it, a vertical with a few radials makes a *much *better TX > antenna. > _________________ Topband Reflector