VA3XV BEVERAGE ANTENNA

[@jhonsiders6077]

I made one out of aluminum electric fence wire it’s at 550 feet coax center conductor was soldered direct to it the webbing soldered to a short wire grounded to the tower and silicone to seal it up .Welded T posts about 16 foot high spaced them 100 feet apart using fence insulators and at the far end looped it back . Runs due north I’ve worked all over with that antenna sure my beams are more directional but wire just gets the job done . Being out in the country like yours noise is really not a issue. 73s everyone.

[@brianveitenheimer4492]

Plastic food containers with a snap sealed lid from the dollar store make excellent enclosures.

[@JayN4GO]

Very nice!

[@randyY00]

Thanks for the switch info.

[@DavidBoucha]

Do you have a link to your switch?

[@randyY00]

www.amazon.com/4-Port-Switch-Switcher-Selector-Consoles/dp/B0D9BXSYX7/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=AssUj&content-id=amzn1.sym.c2cf8313-b86b-4327-9de4-9398adaa570b%3Aamzn1.symc.a68f4ca3-28dc-4388-a2cf-24672c480d8f&pf_rd_p=c2cf8313-b86b-4327-9de4-9398adaa570b&pf_rd_r=WWBTT9J4KDHY2F7NZSSX&pd_rd_wg=8uTWK&pd_rd_r=af1c862d-d093-4fb8-b095-9004fa922459&ref_=pd_hp_d_atf_ci_mcx_mr_ca_hp_atf_d

[@DavidBoucha]

Thank you!

[@mlipscomb3232]

Do you/can you trasmit on that long of an antenna? The recieve capability is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@randyY00]

As a beverage antenna, the way it is set up, no you can not TX on it. However, if you used a proper unun transformer and no termination at the end, yes you could TX on it as long as the swr was sufficient.

[@JayN4GO]

I’m curious how it does on 40 and 80m

[@randyY00]

On 80m it is excellent, especially on the more distant stations like 500mi and beyond. Signals are about 1-2 s units down, but zero noise floor even running the pre-amp is no problem. 40m it is down a bit, which I expected using 800' rg6 but still has been helpful. Be putting a second one up and running in the opposite direction next week.