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Title: W1WCR & his beverage antenna handbook Post by: W3GMS on May 08, 2013, 04:40:00 PM In organizing my radio ready material I came across and excellent book written by Vic, W1WCR on Beverage antenna's.
I use to talk to Vic quite a bit on AM but have not heard him on in years. I checked QRZ.com and he is still licensed. Does anyone remember Vic and has anyone had any contact with him. Joe, W3GMS Title: Re: W1WCR & his beverage antenna handbook Post by: KK4YY on May 09, 2013, 05:23:11 AM I think you'll find Vic running the "Liberty Net" just about any late Saturday night around 3975khz +/-. I'll not comment on the subject matter of that net here, but you may want to gird your loins. :-X
There's an email address on his webpage... http://exax.net/ -Don Title: Re: W1WCR & his beverage antenna handbook Post by: KM1H on May 09, 2013, 10:08:55 AM I go past his home several times a week as it is about 3 miles and on my way to grocery shopping.
That book just shows you how far we have come in understanding since it was written. These days it is a curio and even Low Band DXing by ON4UN is in its 5th revision. When I first tried a 2 wire Beverage in the early 80's I found that nothing worked as published and persistent questioning him got me nowhere. Having access to a VNA and other RF test equipment at work led to a deeper understanding of ferrites and using field measurements rather than fixed numbers to disprove many assumptions. Ive rebuilt and/or incrementally modified my Beverages over the years to where Im very pleased with them. Carl Title: Re: W1WCR & his beverage antenna handbook Post by: W3GMS on May 09, 2013, 01:07:34 PM I think you'll find Vic running the "Liberty Net" just about any late Saturday night around 3975khz +/-. I'll not comment on the subject matter of that net here, but you may want to gird your loins. :-X There's an email address on his webpage... http://exax.net/ -Don Thanks Don for letting me know where Vic hangs his hat! Joe, GMS Title: Re: W1WCR & his beverage antenna handbook Post by: W0BTU on May 09, 2013, 09:46:19 PM That book just shows you how far we have come in understanding since it was written. These days it is a curio and even Low Band DXing by ON4UN is in its 5th revision. When I first tried a 2 wire Beverage in the early 80's I found that nothing worked as published and persistent questioning him got me nowhere. I have two different versions of the BA Handbook. The last time I studied them, I didn't find a single thing in there that was useful. I almost threw them both away. I think you'll be a lot happier with a Beverage design from ON4UN's latest book. http://www.arrl.org/shop/ON4UN-s-Low-Band-DXing http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html |