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Telamon · July 4th 08, 01:27 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

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Beverage Antennahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_antenna

Beverage Antenna Constructionhttp://www.w8ji.com/beverages.htm

Beverage Antenna Tips -by- N1EUhttp://n1eu.com/topband/BeverageTips.htm

The Beverage Antenna -by- Hardcore DX
.Comhttp://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/wire/beverage/index.html

The Beverage Antenna Memorandum [FCC Report]http://www.ae5d.com/bev/

Beverages On the Ground [BOG] -by- Shawn
Axelrodhttp://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/bevant.html
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I love beverage antenna's when you can get one out, but today's
overdeveloped areas make it hard to find a place. Much is written
about beverage antenna's, books and books in fact going into great
technicality. But here in South Africa we just throw out a bit of wire
and get great results.

My pal Gary in Cape Town just runs out 220m/700 ft of wire called a
BOG, beverage on the ground, just on his suburban road outside his
house, or at best he goes down to the local sportsfield and runs it
out there. He gets amazing results from this.

Of course the purists will tell you that the beverage has to be dead
straight, terminated into a resistor and supported about 1.2m/5ft off
the ground, but in years of playing with these antenna's we have got
great results with a not too perfect layout and no termination.

Give it a try and have fun - you will be well rewarded with some super
catches.

The height above ground is supposed to be dictated by the ground
conductivity.

You could actually bury the wire and it would still work very well if
the ground conductivity is low.

Generally the higher the wire the higher the signal levels so there is
no reason a wire on the ground would not work. It could work even better
then a wire higher up as far as signal to noise is concerned.

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Telamon
Ventura, California