[HCARC] Beverage Antenna

[Lee Besing]

I remember seeing a guy up in Indiana, who took the pull-tops from his beer
cans, built a long string antenna out of them, and ran it from one end of
his house to another.  He lived in one of what we called "shotgun houses",
very long and narrow, usually 2 stories, with minimal space between them.
No insulation to speak of either. Built back in the 40's & 50's as cheap
housing.  Some used sandpaper for insulation. My ex mother-in-law lived in
one like that.   But I was only a CB'er back then, and didn't really
understand antennas, but the guy was a ham operator and was able to tune it
up on HF and use it.  Not sure how RF safe it was, to have that running
inside your house, but hey... it was back in the 70's before everybody
started "being a wimp" when it came to safety precautions.  LOL

Lee Besing
Phone (210)771-7075 (cell) voice or text msg
lee at besing.com

-----Original Message-----
From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Kerry Sandstrom
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:32 PM
To: Gary and Arlene Johnson; hcarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [HCARC] Beverage Antenna

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