Having resumed my activity on the HF bands after many years of
being only on VHF, in December 2016 I decided it was necessary to improve the
reception in the lower bands (mainly 80 and 160 m) and at the same time
experiment with the antenna most top-banders love, the Beverage.
Due to the type of terrain and size of my properly I had to opt by a relatively
short (180 m long) Beverage and put it on 3 m high posts. As I expected
from the rocky soil it was impossible to achieve a good grounding, even with
four 1.5 m rods in each end, so I later added five 15m long radials at each end.
In spite of this limitation, the RX improvement is impressive and I am very
satisfied with it. The antenna is in the SW-NE direction and thanks to
fact it is reversible I can use it both for listening to Asia (+-45 degrees) and
to a part of South America (+- 225 degrees). I used the kit from
Remote-QTH
and I love it. Hopefully some day I will be able to add a second one in the
SE-NW direction and also improve the reception in those directions.
The 180 m long reversible Beverage crossing between the old
almond trees. Eight 3 m high wooden posts were use, spaced 25 m.
The feed end. For now 90 m of RG-213 cable have been used.
The terminator end. Here getting a good ground was even
more difficult. As you can see the terrain is not the best for setting up a
Beverage...hi
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