Sounds like a fairly good experience overall, Jim. I'm on an even smaller (< 0.25 acre) HOA restricted lot and had an inverted L on 160 that I used in conjunction with a K9AY receive antenna. I really liked the K9AY, as it allowed for directional switching and very good S/N ratios with a very small footprint. Much better at RX than the inverted L. I also had it set up for diversity but noted the same thing you did with your BOG Beverage - the K9AY was so much better I just ended up using it without diversity for RX.
One issue is that for optimal diversity reception the two antennas need to be spaced a fair distance apart in terms of wavelength. I certainly didn't have that here (K9AY and inverted L only about 60 feet apart). Even with your one acre, you might not have enough separation, depending on your layout. 73 Craig AC0DS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
