Folded Beverage Antenna

Tube was placed in trench of 1.5- feet wide and 1- feet depth. Upper part of the tube was connected to antenna. The trench was filled with black earth. Grass was planted at the earth.

The pipe was connected with antenna (transformer and termination load) in three ways: by soldering, clamp and with screw contact. This three ways connection was made to stand the weather conditions. Picture 1 shows pipe before installation. Picture 2 shows pipe in the trench. Picture 3 shows pipe inside of the plastic food box.

Feeder: Feeder is important part of the antenna system. In my case in my location occupied by squirrel and raccoons that have interest to coaxial cable as a food it is very important.

Picture 1 Pipe Prepared for Installation

Picture 2 Pipe in Trench

Picture 3 Pipe Inside of the Plastic Food Box

So, as much length of the coaxial cable as I can I drive underground inside of a plastic water tube.

The plastic tube was buried on to 1 foot depth. Figure 3 shows feeder of the Folded Beverage Antenna. For feeding of the Beverage antenna I use to an old coaxial cable RG-6. Yes, it was real RG-6 with real two layer outer and real underground plastic covering.

This cable was leaved on the external house wall from old CATV and this cable is going into basement and in the basement it is going exactly to my IC-7410 radio. This coaxial cable was made in USA, and this one is much better the most of modern coaxial cables (I have seen lots different modern coaxial cables). I must use that old one for feeding of the antenna.

The length of the coaxial cable from antenna transformer to the transceiver was 12 meters. The RG-6 was designed for CATV and it is 75- Ohm Coaxial Cable. However, as practice shows the coaxial cable can be used for feeding the Beverage

Antenna from transceiver that intended work with 50- Ohm load. Picture 4 shows trench with plastic tube. Then several bricks were put down to the tube and the trench was filled with black earth. Picture 5 shows the bricks on the tube. Transformer 50/450 Ohm was sitting in a plastic food box. Picture 6 shows the transformer in the plastic food box.

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