Great idea Lee as I could do this from the shack without walking out in the bushes.
Thanks, Herb, KV4FZ On 11/20/2011 4:02 PM, Lee K7TJR wrote: > It seems to me what your asking here is how much > crosstalk you would see between two Beverage > antennas. How about just using a signal source and > exciting one beverage while listening on the other. > This could be a most enlightening measurement not only > for the ground rods but for the placement of the antennas > themselves. An MFJ 259 generates quite a signal and > could be used to excite an antenna while listening to the > other. One could also feed the MFJ 259 directly into the > receiver first to get a reference level. Be sure and check > that the MFJ259 does not put out too large a signal and > could damage your RX first! The ratio of the two levels > would indicate the crosstalk whether it is from the ground > posts or antennas. > Aren't they both just as bad? > Lee K7TJR OR > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
