Craig, Great looking toward the large circular arrays. Getting to be a popular item. Must be a hoot to switch it around in a contest. Two of my antennas are Beverage using WD-1A. One a two direction BOG and the other a two direction 9 ft above ground. I Like the wire as it is tough and survives well. Doesn't break easily, stretch or droop. Lot of users. The published resistance figures are for one mile. My two wire BOG is 200 feet long & do not see noticeable loss. It is tough stuff and 'tough on the fingers' to splice. Yikes Yes, Some have galvanized steel strands, so they are more conductive than the steel ones. The Field Manual FM-24-20 dated May 1960 is a good reference Merry Christmas, 73 Bruce-K1FZ www.qsl.net/k1fz/beveragenotes.html Excert Repair was slightly more difficult as WD1A has seven wires, four are tinned copper and three are galvanized steel. Luckily, I was a Signal Corps guy and had training on how splice WD1 and it carried over to the new wire.
FWIW, WD1 was the larger, twisted telephone wire that was used in the old tip and ring phone systems. The new WD1A was designed to be used with the digitally switched phone systems that came on line around the time I left active duty. That said, it has been stated by a number of Top Notch 160 DX'ers, you can never have enough receiving antennas. Long term, I need to find a place on my property to install either an 8 element array or Kaufman's nine element iteration. I also will reinstall a NW-SE and NE-SW WD1A Beverages. All it takes is time. 73 Craig K1QX _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband ----- End forwarded message ----- _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
