--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I live in a townhouse development, where putting out 300 or more feet
> of
> wire just isn't possible. However, I could put out 150 feet in two
> opposite directions, essentially a 300 foot center-fed longwire/BOG.
> One
> of the directions is West, towards TP-ville.
>
> Does anyone have any insights as to whether or not it would still be
> decently directional, and whether or not it could/should be
> terminated at
> one end with a resistor??
>
> Alternately, would just 150 feet be worth it?
>
150', or even 300' is essentially a random-length wire. It isn't going
to be long enough to demonstrate BOG-like directionality.
That said, a wire that length has some directionality - just wider and
shallower peaks and nulls.
As to center-feeding it, I can't say, as I've never tired it.
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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