On Sep 24, 9:33 pm, Telamon
wrote:
In article ,
"David Eduardo" wrote:

"Billy Smith" wrote in message
...

Well you can use a Beverage antenna for SW as well. I might have to put
one across the way here in a few days when I get some more material.
The idea of a Beverage is to have a multiple wavelength antenna. Multiple
wavelengths on SW frequencies are much shorter, and many longwires are, in
essence, possesing those properties already.


- No that would not be correct.
- A Beverage is a special case antenna
- different from long wire antenna.
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- Telamon
- Ventura, California

Telamon - How So ? ~ RHF

The Beverage Antenna*
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_antenna

"The Beverage Antenna is a relatively inexpensive
but very effective Long Wire Receiving Antenna
used by Amateur Radio, Shortwave Listening (SWL),
and Longwave Radio DXers and Military Applications."
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_antenna
"A Beverage Antenna consists of a Wire one or two
Wavelengths Long (Hundreds of Feet at HF to several
Kilometres for Llongwave)."
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_antenna
"A Resistor connected to a Ground Rod Terminates
the end of the Beverage Antenna 'pointed' to the
Target Area, a 470 Ohm Non-Inductive Resistor provides
excellent results for most Soils {Locations}."
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_antenna
"A 50 or 75 Ohm Coaxial Cable Transmission Line
connects the Receiver to the opposite-end of the
Beverage Antenna through an Impedance-Matching
Transformer."
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_antenna

READ more "Technical Description"
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverag...al_Description
- Harold Beverage discovered . . .

Three Characteristics of a Beverage Antenna :
* One or More Wavelengths Long
* Near the Ground Surface {within Several Feet}
* Terminated

Three Characteristics of a Longwire Antenna :
* One or More Wavelengths Long
* High Above the Ground Surface {1/4 WL or More}
* Not Terminated
ERGO a Non-Terminated Beverage Antenna
that is Rigged relatively High-Off the Ground

Read - Antenna Height Considerations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna...considerations

Longwave - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwave

Medium Wave - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediumwave
Medium Frequency - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_frequency

Shortwave - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortwave
-aka- "HF" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_frequency

byob ~ RHF