I love my beverages. However, before I moved out of the city I was also space limited. A couple of pennants strung up between some trees provided a dramatic improvement over listening on my vertical tx antenna. There are some good options to beverages that can be tried if you lack the space: pennants, flags, K9AY. All of these will allow you to hear stuff that would otherwise be buried in the noise.
73, Ken - K4XL On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Chet moore <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, > > I truly wish that was the case. I think you may be a bit out of touch > On how many "serious" ops have beverages. I can't stick one on my 1/4 acre > lot. You probably have it right that if you don't have room for beverages > you probably can't be a big gun but lack of beverages doesn't reduce my my > "seriousness or enthusiasm for top band. That being said, if you will > send > a certified check down here for 400 k I promise that I will move to a 2 - > 3 acre lot and put up a 8 beverages to prove exactly how "serious" I am. > Bank wire in lieu of a certified check is ok. > > 73 > > Chet N4FX > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of K4OWR > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: It is not so much propagation > > :::: When I switch to my beverage antenna the noise pretty much goes to > almost nothing. > Don't most serious operators have one....or more??? > BILL K4OWR > > > On 3/19/2012 10:22 AM, N7DF wrote: > > During the summer the storm static is the main obstacle to top band > operation here 40 over nine crashes every 30 seconds kind of drown out > everything, QRP or QRO > > In fact the fish beacons still come through around sunrise indicating > that > propagation paths are open but SWLing them is not that big a thrill > > Maybe we could get some low power 160 meter beacons operating through the > summer to see what is really happening > > It would be interesting to get more Field Day stations on 160. Maybe our > crowd can get 160 included in local club plans > > a 30 foot high mast with top loading is not to hard to put together and > can get out pretty well with two or three readials > > it might even get some new people interested in top band > > _______________________________________________ > > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > -- Ken - K4XL BoatAnchor Manual Archive BAMA - http://bama.edebris.com _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
