Re: [HCDX]: remotely-controlled Beverage termination

[Mauno Ritola <ritola@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 23.20 30.1.1999 -0600, you wrote:
>Jorge Garzon wrote:
>> How the back lobe can be perfectly matched?. Using a variable resistor,
but 
>> may be changed every time we re-tune the frequency, if not we can use a
fixed 
>> resistor with an average result on the entire band. How can we check the 
>> signal/noise improvement?. Take a two way walky and step further to the 
>> termination. Disconnect it and ask to your fellow for the result,
connect it again 
>> and ask once more using your walky.
>
>Do DXers still do this ?  For the last four Newfoundland DXpeditions
(1995, 1996,
>1997, and 1998), remotely-controllable Beverage terminations have been used
>with great success.  Why would you want to use anything else ?

	I think some do. After all, wire is usually not free-of-charge, and to use
a double wire costs double as much. I guess people usually just try to
"guess" the suitable value of resistance. But I will try it if I find the
suitable components here.
	I find it a bit hard to believe the resistance curve being as sharp as
described on the web page. If it is, it must be easy to find the right
value when adjusting the potentiometer. Is it?

73, Mauno
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