My guess is the existing fence wire will couple a bit to the antenna wire but possibly just aid the signal. Try it with a shorter wire that you already have and see how that works. If the signals are
J.B. To be effective as a directional receive antenna it must be a minimum of a couple wavelengths long. A 'short' version will need to be evaluated at an appropriately higher frequency. Jay
Hello Joe, Why not use one of the fence wires? I have had excellent results doing so. 73, Roelof Bakker, pa0rdt -- Mijn Postvak In wordt beschermd door SPAMfighter. 541 spam-mails zijn er tot op hede
Hi JB, I remember comments on a similar situation from an old QST. In June 1977, Barry Boothe W9UCW recounts his success. His "Beverage" was half a mile long, on insulators, three barbed wires above
Hello LFers, My farmer neighbour has kindly offered me the use of his fence posts to erect a "longwire" receiving antenna. I could make it well over a thousand feet in length and run out of $ for the
Hi Kevin, Mike, LFers, Thanks for the replies/suggestions regarding my antenna question. If I was to make use of the entire fence-line, I could have a veryvery long wire/beverage of about 3/4 of a mi
Hello Lowfers & LFers, My greatest enjoyment of ham radio is building and tinkering with antennas, and in keeping with that I'm planning on erecting a "T" or Marconi antenna which I can use on both t
