RX antenna - Bi-directional 2-wire beverage TWO coax output

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[<-- Back to Index|RX antenna - Bi-directional 2-wire beverage] | [<-- Web page|https://remoteqth.com/two-wire-beverage.php] ---- rev.1 6/2016 by Jan OK2ZAW [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/slide1.png|noborder] * '''{.redka#id color: #f23f37; font-size: 200%}&#9888;{/} NOTE: TWO coax output beverage antenna works right only, when both ports are loaded with right impedance on the same band. It means that you cannot leave second port open or short! Also if you use first port on 160m and second on 80m than second port have to have load impedance on 160m and first port on 80m. RIGHT switch [7ANT RX switch|https://remoteqth.com/wiki/index.php?page=RX+switch+system+-+Modular+7ANT+RX+system] ''' [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/bi_dir_850.png|noborder] !!Assembled KIT [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/15.jpg|noborder] !!The drill drawing Paste the drawing on the box and fix it with some tape. [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/8.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/9.jpg|noborder] Drill 3 or 3,2mm holes for connector. [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/10.jpg|noborder] Drill 4mm holes for antenna screws. [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/5.jpg|noborder] Bend the screw heads into box - use 6mm drill and do it slowly by hand - drill 16mm hole for connector [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/7.jpg|noborder] !!Insert the screws Insert stainless screws 4mm with [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/8.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/9.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/10.jpg|noborder] !!Mount the RF connector insert connector and use steinless M3x8 and one M3x10 with grounding eye. [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/11.jpg|noborder] !!Drill the hole for the PCB holder - mark the hole center by the PCB [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/6.jpg|noborder] - drill the 3 to 3,2mm hole. [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/7.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/16.jpg|noborder] !!Feeder PCB assembling [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/feederSch.png|noborder] !! VERY IMPORTANT ! - LOAD unused coax line with right impedance (50 or 75 Ohm) !!! Never use it unloaded! !!KIT parts example [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/18.jpg|noborder] !!Assembling [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/19.jpg|noborder] !!TRANSFORMERS winding - very important thing! * [TRANSFORMERs CALCULATOR - xlsx|https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/tr/transformer_winding_calculator.xlsx] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/tr/10.png|noborder] * example of some transformers [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/tab.png|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/BIDIR_rozmery_850.png|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/tr/1.jpg|noborder] - example of 3,5 turns [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/tr/2.jpg|noborder] - 2 and 6 turns [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/2.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/3.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/4.jpg|noborder] - 2 x 3,5 turns on secondar and 2 turns on primar [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/tr/6.jpg|noborder] - example for terminator 9 turns and 6 turns, where 9 is two times 4,5 turns [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/tr/7.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/tr/8.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/tr/9.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/20.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/21.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/22.jpg|noborder] - example two time 5 turns and 3 [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/23.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/24.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/25.jpg|noborder] !!Connect PCB to the screws - check the lable on the box and connect wires. There must A, B and GND connected to right screws on the box. [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/26.jpg|noborder] !!Common-mode coax choke - choke measurements * [OK2ZAW.com Blog|https://ok2zaw.blogspot.com/2016/06/common-mode-current-choke-for-rx-cables.html] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/40.jpg|noborder] !!Wind the coax - Wind the coax as is on the picture, there should be 7 or 8 turns. - fix it by one binder and use second one to fix choke to the PCB [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/28.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/29.jpg|noborder] !!Solder the coax [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/30.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/31.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_2out/12.jpg|noborder] !!The Terminator [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/45.png|noborder] - Do right turns calculation or use table values. [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/35.jpg|noborder] !!Drill the holes [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/12.jpg|noborder] !!Ready to use. Go to the field! :-) [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/38.jpg|noborder] !!Example of beverage construction * you can buy it there: [Top band beverages and wire antennas acessories|https://remoteqth.com/beverages-wire-antennas-acessories.php] The beverage is a long wire antenna installed very close to the ground. The antenna should be longer than 1 wavelength and installed at a height of less than 0,05 wavelength above ground. The beverage is usually terminated in a resistance at the end (opposite the feedpoint). Beverage antennas provide one of the least expensive and most reliable ways to improve DX capabilities on the low frequencies. With careful attention to design and construction, a single beverage antenna can be made to cover two directions with excellent performance over a very wide frequency range. The transformer at the end of the beverage is designed to match impedance of the antenna. A two-wire bi-directional beverage requires the antenna element to operate a balanced transmission line, as well as a conventional long wire antenna. The parallel wire line used to construct the antenna must be excited under near-perfect balanced transmission line conditions. This is why each of the parallel transmission line wires must be parallel to the ground. A line should not be constructed in a vertical fashion, using single support poles with one wire under the other. The closer the wire spacing of the line, the lower the impedance of the line, and the less critical installation-related unbalances become. The higher you install the line above ground, the less unbalance any unequal coupling to earth creates. Source: W8JI, ON4UN [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/izolator/0.jpg|noborder] * Example of the construction details. Two wires with the distance of 10 to 13 cm. [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/izolator/1.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/izolator/2.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/slide-beverage-09.jpg|noborder] [https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/201.jpg|noborder] !!External links - PC5M 4 direction design - source PC5M * [PC5M 4 direction over coax|https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/ext/PC5M.pdf] - ZL3IX Bi-dir beverage notes * [Beverage at ZL3IX|https://remoteqth.com/img/ZAW-WIKI/Bi-Dir_1out/ext/ZL3IX.pdf] ---- [<-- Back to Index|RX antenna - Bi-directional 2-wire beverage] | [<-- Web page|https://remoteqth.com/two-wire-beverage.php]