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DX Engineering Beverage Antenna Systems

DX Engineering Beverage Antenna Systems are single-wire, single-direction beverage feed systems. Their W8JI design makes them immune to the strong signal overload and core saturation common in multi-transmitter contesting environments. They are used by winning contest stations and low-band DXers.

They use an isolated-winding matching-transformer system to significantly increase the signal-to-noise ratio in Beverage and other high-impedance antennas. Now RoHS-compliant, they will work with antenna impedances from 400-500 ohms. The termination resistor included is a special 470 ohm, 2 watt, non-inductive resistor that withstands nearby lightning strikes significantly better than hard-to-find carbon composition resistors.

Features include:

* 100 kHz to 30 MHz operating range
* Spark gaps minimize damage from lightning
* Wing nut terminals eliminate soldering
* Rugged aluminum housing and stainless steel hardware
* Flange-mount holes for easy mounting
* Ground isolated secondary can be connected with normal or reverse phase

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Beverage antennas have been in use since the 1920s. These DX Engineering Beverage Antenna Systems modernize the Beverage concept for convenience and performance.

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