[TAC] More snake info

[Jeff]

I don't know how far afield this is from the subject at hand, but 
this seems a thoughtful and well laid out series of observations low 
band priorities in general.

http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/Challenge.htm#Introduction

At 03:49 AM 9/16/05, you wrote:
>As I'm sitting in the room here in VE7, I'm looking for data on the 
>snake antenna.  My thought is to use rg-176 coax for this antenna , 
>super light weight and easy to pack/scrap.  Hope I'm not boring everyone.
>K8AQM/VE7
>
> > The Snake is basically a length of coax (1/2 to 1 wavelength) laid out
> > on the ground.  Sometimes it is terminated to match the Z of the coax,
> > somtimes not.  From what I've heard, it is supposed to be the "poor
> > man's beverage".
>
> > Has anyone actually used one of these things?  I'm looking for comments,
> > good and bad.
>
>I have never used just coax to make a short beverage, but at my last
>QTH I just laid wire of similar lengths on the ground during the winter
>for a "poor man's beverage".  I had a ground rod at the point it was
>connected to the coax.  No impedance matching was attempted, but a cheap
>Heathkit preamp was used.
>
>I had one running south and another to the NE.  About 75% of the time
>it was better than either the dipole at 35' or my shunt fed tower that
>was normally used for transmitting when working DX.
>
>Has anyone tried one of the Steerable Wave Antennas mentioned in W1WCR's
>Beverage Antenna Handbook?  Looks like just the thing when some loud
>clown decides to park 1 KHz away on 80M during SS.
>
>
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