Now my permanent active 200 meter two-wire Beverage antenna is ready mounted. This antenna does not need to be dismantled over the summer, hence the very robust design. Height of the poles 2.2 meters. Direction USA West Coast 335 °, East Africa 165°.
Now all 2.2 meter metal poles are in place, the insulators are mounted and the provisional 100 meter Beverage is now mounted on 1.9 metre metal poles and a larger distance instead of 1.4 metres on plastic poles. The SWR between the two variants differs only slightly. The metal poles bring absolutely no deterioration, on the contrary, the SNR is slightly better, but only tested during the day with 1476, the local “Museumsradio” transmitter. At the weekend, the 200-meter beverage will be installed – after that, the issue should be over, at least for the next few years.
Here are my MW logs from the last few days. The transatlantic signals are moving towards North America, the active sun is also having a negative effect. Nevertheless, my provisional 100-metre Beverage, set up for the first time in late summer, delivers nice signals at sunrise.
2023-09-03
1010 0400 USA WINS, New York/Lyndhurst 6597 km
1130 0400 USA WBBR, New York/Carlstadt 6592 km
1200 0400 USA WXKS, Newton 6304 km
1330 0400 USA WRCA, Watertown 6304 km
1470 0400 PRU Radio MegaMix, Lima 11015 km
1490 0405 EQA Radio Santa MarÌa, Azogues 10376 km
1510 0402 EQA Radio Monumental, Quito 10134 km
2023-09-02
750 0330 CAN CBGY, Bonavista Bay 4780 km
880 0330 USA WCBS, New York/High Island 6572 km
1010 0330 USA WINS, New York/Lyndhurst 6597 km
1030 0330 USA WBZ, Boston/Nantasket Beach 6284 km
1130 0330 USA WBBR, New York/Carlstadt 6592 km
1200 0330 USA WXKS, Newton 6304 km
1210 0155 USA WPHT, Philadelphia 6712 km
1250 0215 CAN CJYE, Oakville 6769 km
1270 0335 CAN CJCB, Sydney 5336 km
1330 0330 USA WRCA, Watertown 6304 km
1350 0030 ARG Radio Buenos Aires, Malvinas Argentinas 11612 km
1430 0130 CAN CHKT, Toronto Island 6735 km
1520 0330 USA WWKB, Buffalo 6762 km
2023-09-01
840 1805 ERI Dimtsi Hafash 2, Asmara 4339 km
950 1810 ERI Dimtsi Hafash 1, Asmara 4339 km
1431 1800 DJI Voice of America, Djibouti/Doraleh 4911 km
1521 1940 CHN China Radio International Russian Service, Hutubi 5492 km
1550 1955 ALG National Radio of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, 2910 km
1566 1945 KOR FEBC Korea/RFA/VOA/Radio Teos,Jeju 8802 km
WinRadio G33/CSO, Two Wire Beverage USA/Afrika, 100 mt.
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