I have 2 beverage antennas that haven't been used in a while. one runs thru the trees and the other is out in the open. Both are 12ga copper coated steel wire stretched tight between 2 supports with no center supports. 300ft and 200ft long... Both about 5-6 ft above ground. one is E-W the other N-S. Both unterminated (for now) 9:1 transformers with 75 ohm CATV tri-ax cable to the shack.. I got the antennas brushed out and cleaned up all the connections and they check out on the analyzer.. I have a question about the grounding....There has been much written and much discussion about how and where to ground bev antennas and feedlines to avoid problems and ground loops etc...I am interested in what others are doing and how they are doing it and how it is working ..If you are using a beverage, Id be interested in your setup and your comments. Right now I am only grounding the shield of the coax where it enters the shack, Thanks Steve
My Beverage is actually a sloper (12' at transformer to 4' at termination support) but does very well with my Mohawk receiver. The wire is #14 stranded and insulated and has held up well to the high winds.
The transformer I made myself and put it in a 4X4 plastic box with an SO-239 at one end and thumbscrew terminals for the other two connections.
It has less noise than my vertical.
BTW, we need more AM activity on 20 meters.
Phil - AC0OB