[CW] Fwd: [SSN] SAQ Reception

[William Harris]

Remnants of the original Beverage are still viewable from Hwy 1, just south
of Point Reys Station, CA.  It's on private property on the east side of
the Hwy, owned by; wouldn't you know, a Ham.
Haven't been by there for several years so don't know if it's still there
or not.
de.Bill.w7kxb.  .


On Sun, Jul 5, 2020, 3:10 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> Dr. Harold H. Beverage, W2BML installed a 23 mile long "Traveling Wave
> Antenna" first at Rocky Nook, Long Island for American Marconi (later
> RCA) and also at KPH
> As Darrell Emerson correctly stated, it ran under bridges to get that
> long.  In 1920s it was difficult to buy that amount of real estate
> even for American Marconi and RCA!
>
> Dr. Harry always said that his "Wave Antennas" could be noisy, but it
> was the signal to noise that improved.
>
> He had put a 23 mile version in the 1920s for Radio Central so they
> could receive Europe. Those antennas still work well
> on MF, but of course, I don't think any civilian group has HH Beverage
> Wave Antennas miles long, even the Arctic and Antarctic stations have
> abandoned them as they were of critical use during Sudden Ionospheric
> Disturbances (SIDs.).
>
> I attach a QST article by Dr. Beverage originally from 1922.
>
> I tried a shortened Beverage antenna and I also tried using insulated
> wire run under salt water in a salt marsh with excellent results.
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
> DR
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