Neil, After a month of using the bogs as you prescribed, unterminated 500' and 325' bogs run parallel 2' or so apart to a phaser, they are everything you said they would be. Direction and lengths restricted by the run of the lane behind my house, they fire 118/298 degrees and are put out at night and taken up after sunrise. They have unlocked Latin America for me. In the past week of listening on MW, 3 Puerto Rican stations at 550, 580 and 850; 720 Kingston, Jamaica (underneath WGN with SS in the background of Kingston), Radio Coro VZ (underneath 780 WBBM phased out), 780 ZBVI (WBBM phased out), 1620 WDHP (very routine). Most interesting was HIAF Radio Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic, at 580 with its reported 250 watts at night (it's got to be more than that!). As a bonus, best "over the shoulder" catch was KSL, Salt Lake City, 1800+ miles. Switching to the random wire, the side rejection characteristics of the Bogs was apparent as the competition usually buried the Caribbean signals beyond recognition. What a great addition to my antenna "Victory Garden" as it is too small to be called a farm. <g> Thanks for sharing your successes and set-up descriptions, they have made a huge difference in my dxing enjoyment. 73, Gil NN4CW Savannah GA Drake R8B, Ratzlaff-Misek phaser _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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