Gil, It is great that the Phased BOG System design I use, is working so well for you. What I think you see that you have by phasing nulling back end pests is a pattern equal to a good and considerably longer very well terminated Beverage.
I think you've only just begun to explore what can come in from the Carib area and you also may have chances for southerly TA's like South Africa on 846 or North Coast Brazilians (strongish Fortaleza stns on 690,760,1010,1200 to name a few that were easy in Maine) since both are very close to 118 deg from you. If you have a couple hundred more feet of path available you'll do even better on the lower half of the BCB, but the lengths you are using are very good for the entire band. I think HIAF like many LA's doesn't power down at night and I still chase what I think is it (music type) from my WI place in AU cx where I can run BOGs in proper directions for it. What do you think of that phaser for BOG's ? Does it have a power requirement and does the fine tuning help ? Can you simply destroy your locals? I really want to try another phaser, although I love the Quantum. 73 KAZ (Barrington IL/Grafton WI) expecting you to log tons of stuff from DR/PR/Haiti etc etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gil Stacy To: Neil Kazaross ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:56 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] BOGs was Deed Restrictions and DXing 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 Caribb! ean 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 Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
