11-29-2017, 10:47 AM
apparently the beverage antenna's up now are off the ground only to accomodate the human interaction to see it and or set it up just high enough above head level.
the original patent i looked at actually implies that the optimum location for the antenna is directly on the ground!
if on the ground, insulation needed, if in the air bare conductor ok.
also interestingly enough the wire gauge optimum size is much smaller than i would have thought.
its purpose is to eliminate some of that atmospheric noise you run across making certain parts of your bands useless.... the sound you get that actually sounds like AC interference.... thats what it gets rid of.
I also have found that the signal amplitued is somewhat decreased but the perfectly clean signal is the trade. what was a signal you never would have noticed and rolled right past it now comes in.
the original patent i looked at actually implies that the optimum location for the antenna is directly on the ground!
if on the ground, insulation needed, if in the air bare conductor ok.
also interestingly enough the wire gauge optimum size is much smaller than i would have thought.
its purpose is to eliminate some of that atmospheric noise you run across making certain parts of your bands useless.... the sound you get that actually sounds like AC interference.... thats what it gets rid of.
I also have found that the signal amplitued is somewhat decreased but the perfectly clean signal is the trade. what was a signal you never would have noticed and rolled right past it now comes in.
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