Loop - have you tried building a loop? ... a 2' to maybe even a 4' diameter tuned loop ... you won't be disappointed ... ONLY if you've never tried one and seen how quiet they are compared to dipoles or verticals (not sure about a Beverage tho), if you have tried a loop, disregard this post
. I tried a vertical about a month ago here at the QTH, full 1/4 Lamda vertical, 35' straight up cut/tuned for 6.93 MHz with ground radials ... and - MAN was that thing noisy!!! QRN out the wazoo ... worse, far worse than the dipole even ...
Technical/advanced hobbyists and theorists only - verifying/measuring vertical antenna resonance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD2cslsbrQ0
Anyway -
This simple loop version worked pretty darn good, I've tried sizes from 1' diameter to 3' diameter:
http://www.mtmscientific.com/swloop.htmlAn article that is a little more technical; note also the coupling loop (to the receiver) is down low to the loop; this helps in coupling out a little more signal (real easy to try things; I used plastic clamps from home depot to 'mount' and move things like the coupling loop around for testing):
http://www.qsl.net/pa3hbb/magloop2.htmAdded:
You do realize, that this is not a good low-angle antenna, and for DX on HF you could have an incoming signal at 20 degrees elevation (from W8JI site; vertical omni included for comparison):
Antenna Type RDF (dB) 20-degree forward gain (dBi) Average Gain (dBi)
--------------- ----------- ---------------------------- ----------------------
1/2wl Beverage 4.52 -20.28 -24.8
Vertical Omni, 60
1/4wl radials 5.05 1.9 -3.15
Also - your link for W8KI site is broken
(Here's how a link should be embedded in text on a Simple Machines BB:
[ url=http://somesite/]Site Name[ /url ] <-- Note: No double quotes
Just take out the three spaces I added near the URLs!)
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