[HCARC] Beverage Antenna

[Kerry Sandstrom]

Gary,

I don't thinkl you want a Beverage antenna with a bend in it.  The Beverage 
works when an electromagnetic wave with a little tilt near the earth's 
surface travels down the wire.  It is the wave travelling along the wire 
that couples a signal into the wire.  If you have a bend, the EM wave will 
keep going in a straight line but the wire changes direction.  The two parts 
of the wire will pick up signals and noise from two different directions.  I 
really believe you want the wire in a straight line.

Kerry