Beverage was my favorite antenna for the reception at 136/500
kHz and 160-80-40m
I used beverage in all my LF DXpeditions - abt 2km long on
Siberia
2 Rus LF DXpedition
(MO94TL80QU) and on Russian Far East
3 Rus LF DXpedition (PN63CI41RU)
- abt 1.5km long to EU and abt 4km to ZL.
I used the enamel copper wire diameter of abt 0.5 mm to made the
beverage.
I gested the beverage directly on the the ground (BOG) - this
was a temporary option. Weight of the enamelled copper wires with a
diameter of 0.5 mm is abt 1.8 kg per 1 km length
Some ideas abt optimal h for 160-40m is on
DL2KQ
For example h opt for 240m beverage on 160m is 0.1m (80m - 0.65m and
40m - 1.9m) 240m is 1.5 Lambda on 160m (940m - 630m). BV 2km long is
fine RX ant for 136kHz