Great article Wes. it says it well. Ron, look at the explanation in that
article about traveling-wave antenna vs Standing wave. 73, Bruce, W8HW
*Traveling-Wave Antennas*
The Beverage antenna is a traveling-wave antenna
because it never has standing waves from reflections
from the ends of the wire. As a result, it’s also non-
resonant, and the antenna dimensions aren’t required
to be a specific fraction or multiple of the signal wave-
length. Beverages work well over a fairly wide frequency
range where they’re between about 3⁄4and 5 λlong,
with good performance around 1 to 2 λ.
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On 11/12/2021 9:08 AM, Wes wrote:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This%20Month%20in%20QST/2021/11%20November%202021/Silver%20Donovan.pdf
On 11/12/2021 6:26 AM, Ron Spencer via Topband wrote:
I recently read, from Tom, W8JI, that the beverage antenna is
vertically polarized. I'm hoping someone might explain this to me.
Intuitively seems it would be horizontal.
From here: http://w8ji.com/polarization_and_diversity.htm
Under Best diversity receive antennas.
Thanks
Ron
N4XD
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