Re: [HCDX]: Beverage - how long?

[Dan Henderson <dandan2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Karel:

Remember--the more wavelengths the antenna is, the higher the gain, but the
more directive the antenna is...I tend to agree with you re the 3
wavelength limit....even shorter may be preferable sometimes....

Dan Henderson
dandan2@xxxxxxxxx

At 09:09 PM 01/28/1999 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Hermod Pedersen writes a.o.:
>>But a beverage is unbeatable for reception on any shortwave band. And it's
>>fantastic on the tropical bands. Even if it is 600 meters long, 10
>>wavelengths on 60 meter.
>
>
>I have read somewhere that the most effective are 3 wavelengths. To built a
>beverage longer than 5 wavelenghts is not (they say) worth of effort as its
>gain raises only very slowly.
>Anybody with different experience?
>
>GOOD DX,
>
>Karel Honzik,
>the Czech Republic
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