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What is the primary use of a Beverage antenna?
A
Answer
Antennas and feed lines
Type
A
Directional receiving for MF and low HF bands
B
Directional transmitting for low HF bands
C
Portable direction finding at higher HF frequencies
D
Portable direction finding at lower HF frequencies
Answer Notes
A Beverage antenna is a very long, straight wire antenna mounted close to the ground, usually terminated with a resistor at the far end. It is highly directional and excels at picking up signals traveling along the ground, making it a superior directional receiving antenna for the Medium Frequency (MF) and low High Frequency (HF) bands, such as 160 and 80 meters.
It is almost never used for transmitting because it is extremely inefficient; most of the transmit power would simply be absorbed by the terminating resistor or the nearby lossy ground. Furthermore, it is completely impractical for portable direction finding due to its massive physical size, often requiring hundreds or thousands of feet of wire.
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