[Lowfer] Beverage ground question

[J. B. Weazle McCreath]

Hi Bill, Lowfers,

Thanks for your reply.  I think I'm going to have some fun doing experiments
with the Beverage or long-wire antenna I just installed.  There seems to be
a
lot of information on the various forms of these antennas, so there's likely
an
answer out there if I do enough digging for it.

>Hey JB,
>
>This is interesting! Are you sure the real antenna isn't the tree itself
and the >Beverage wire is just acting as the ground?  Possibly the
directional
>characteristics will prove this one way or the other.
>
>Bill

The tree is only about 15 feet high, so I doubt if it's the antenna itself
unless
we're talking about frequecies in the HF range which aren't of interest to
me.
Alan Melia was wondering about the bi-directional characteristics of a non-
terminated Beverage.  His thinking was that without being terminated it is
more likely to behave as a just a long-wire.

73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL
Solar and wind powered
Lowfer " EAR"  188.830
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