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David L. Foreman · September 16th 06, 04:45 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:55:03 GMT, (Rick) wrote:

d an antenna radiation
resistance of 0.2 ohms, assuming a lossless matching network and
radiator, I get an efficiency of 12% over PERFECT earth. Taking the
ground reflection losses into account over average ground, it's about
5%. This is assuming PERFECT matching network and a very good (maybe

new hams out there take their 38 bucks and apply it to their inverted L
project for 160m, or a copy of ON4UN's low band DXing book

Great advice Dan. That book, in my opinion, is the finest book ever
written concerning practical information for the HF operator. And I
have read them all.
You know, one thing that impressed me (and there were many) in that
book is where he admitted that previous versions were wrong in telling
us there was benefit to sloping the end of a Beverage antenna down to
the feedpoint. Simply running it vertically down is the same. To
readers of this newsgroup, if you have only read previous editions,
you should get the new one. It is completely rewritten.

Rick K2XT

What is the latest edition?
I see 2005 4th ed.
Thanks
Dave Foreman