Re: [IRCA] Beverage antenna/ALA 100

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 05:54 PM 1/27/2009, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>It still is a bit amazing on how well the Eastern beverage did on LW
>TA's, when I could not get a peep using the beverage on MW. In the
>process, I was trying to fiqure out if I move the beverage more to the
>North, but I don't see any way. In the process, I took the compus out
>and I have been saying for years, the beverage runs at 90 degrees. I was
>wrong!!! It runs at 60 degrees!!! I measured the angle of the EWEs in
>the past, but not the beverage for some reason. That changes things a
>bit in regard to TAs. Still too directional from 60 to 30 degrees to get
>TAs on MW, but apparently not on LW as the 1500 feet is 1/4 WL on 200
>kHz.
>   A beacon DXer wrote me that he has an ALA 100 that he can loan me as
>he is not using it. So it will be interesting to compare the ALA with
>the other antennas.
>If it works as well here as others report, I will buy one.
>
>73,
>
>Patrick
Patrick, did you measure true north or magnetic north?  In Victoria, the magnetic declination is - 19 degrees, and yours is somewhere around -17.5 degrees.  Remember "East is least"......Walt. 

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