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• 40 meters band beverage antenna  ^new - The author describes his experience building and using a Beverage antenna for the 40-meter band. Despite encountering some challenges, the antenna offered some improvements in receiving stations compared to a 3-element inverted Vee antenna. The Beverage antenna showed a significant daytime signal-to-noise ratio improvement and received signals better than the Vee antenna. However, the front-to-back ratio was not ideal, and the transmit power seemed to affect the Beverage antenna. Overall, the author concludes that the Beverage antenna might be more suitable for locations with higher noise levels. The total cost of the antenna was around 30 Euros.
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• A Reversible Beverage at ZL3IX  ^updated - How do two-wire reversible direction Beverages work, an excellent document that explains fundamentals of beverage antennas. This article details the design and performance of a reversible beverage antenna. Leveraging orthogonality between common mode and differential mode currents on a 2-wire line, this antenna facilitates independent reception from both ends. While common mode signals arrive and are summed on a transformer's secondary for common mode reception, differential mode signals induce anti-phase currents, providing individual reception. Various measurements explore impedance, transmission loss, and F/B ratio, highlighting the antenna's effectiveness and areas for improvement. Notably, increasing the antenna's height significantly improved performance.
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• The Single Wire Beverage Antenna  ^updated - This simple beverage ntenna is easy to make, easy to setup, and it offers great RX performance.
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• OK1RD Beverage Antennas - A Beverage antenna system consisting of 4 time reversible Beverage antennas in length of 320m each.
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• Beverage switch-box  ^updated - A home made Beverage system for portable use. The goal was to switch between 4 single Beverage antennas without interfering on the other receiving stations.
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• Beverage Receive Antenna - The Beverage we use is a DX Engineering RPS-1 dual directional 360 foot 109,7 m, oriented due North/South, six feet 1,8 m off the ground. The antenna uses 450 ohm ladder line as the antenna, and 75 ohm RG-6u for the feedline. The antenna runs atop the fence between our property and 5 acres of pasture next door.
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• Troubleshooting Reversible Beverages - It is very worthwhile to understand how Beverages of all types work. Without that understanding it can be quite difficult to interpret what you hear and what you measure.
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• Reversible RG6 Beverage Antenna - A project about reversible unidirectional Beverage antennas plus a remote switching system conveniently controlled by the operator
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• Matching transformers for Beverage - Building some proper matching transformer for loop on ground and Beverage antennas
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• Beverage Transformers for HF Receiving Antennas  ^new - This FAQ covers building and buying transformers for loop-on-ground and Beverage antennas. Building one uses ferrite cores and thin wire. Buying is an option, with the DX Engineering BFS-1 being recommended. These transformers isolate the antenna from the cable to prevent unwanted signal pickup.
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• The Reversible BOGs  ^new - The author struggled with receiving antennas on his property. After a standard Beverage on Ground (BOG) antenna failed, he built a Reverse Beverage on Ground (RBOG) using telephone cable. He details construction and testing, finding the RBOG outperformed other antennas in noise level, signal strength, and reception pattern. Software modeling helped optimize the antenna length. Unfortunately, the project ended when telephone cable from the second RBOG was stolen.
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• Reversible RG6 Beverage Antenna  ^new - The author describes building a reversible Beverage antenna for low-band receive applications. He details the construction process, challenges faced, and initial performance testing. The antenna uses coaxial cable and transformers for switching direction. Overall, the author is pleased with the results and plans to build additional reversible Beverages.
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• Beverage Lightning Protection  ^new - The article describes adding lightning protection to Beverage antennas, which are long wires susceptible to lightning strikes. The author reviews common lightning protection circuits and discusses their components. They then detail their design based on existing methods, highlighting choices for components and reasoning behind them. Finally, the author presents the completed design and its implementation on their Beverage antennas.
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• An Overview of Beverage Receiving Antennas  ^new - This article explores Beverage antennas, a type used for low-frequency radio reception. Despite the mystique, they are relatively simple wire antennas placed near the ground. Their key benefit is improved signal-to-noise ratio by rejecting unwanted signals. While lengthier antennas offer better reception, even shorter versions (around 200 feet) can improve DX reception compared to traditional antennas.
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• The Classic Beverage Antenna Revisited - This is a QST Article published in January 1982 by W1FB D. Demaw and HH Beverage and is a complete review of the original article published in 1922, which updates and reivew the beverage antenna theory and developlment, explaining the antenna design of transformers and gives accurate reports on antenna general performance.
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• Notable Patents on Antenna Design - Patents of most popular antenna models including Zeppelin Antenna, Beverage Antenna , Franklin Antenna , Yagi-Uda Antenna , Sterba Antenna , Rhombic Antenna , Turnstile Antenna , Folded Dipole Antenna , Coaxial Antenna , Slot Antenna , Discone Antenna , Quad Antenna Element , Log Periodic Antenna , Swiss Quad Antenna
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• Beverage Remote Switch  ^new - The author describes building a remote switch box to control the direction of two reversible Beverage antennas. The switch uses a buried cable and relays to select the desired antenna direction from the shack. The design is simple and uses common components.
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