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From: dm_johnson@manana.DEC
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Subject: beverages
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Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 08:49:24 EDT
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Probably the reference to Beverages is to a beverage antenna. It is 
usually used in low freq ranges, is a coupld of wavelengths long and
low to the ground and terminated. Provides some directional characteristics
gain and reduced noise. You need lots of room although I do remember seeing
an article by a Pacific ham who used a short variation on 40 meters to
communicate back to the states. He oriented the antenna to knock out a 
broadcast station in Japan or so. The claim was effective for the money
involved.

Denny
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