"150', or even 300' is essentially a random-length wire. It isn't going to be long enough to demonstrate BOG-like directionality."
Russ, Can't say that you are incorrect regarding 150', but experience with 275' and 500' bog would cause me to differ with your opinion regarding 300'. This is what Kaz had to say about his 317 and 343' BOGs: "A few winters ago, before my property here was torn to shreds in the middle due to building our new home, I ran a 317 ft W BOG and a 343 ft WSW BOG out my shack's windows. On the regionals and GY's in the upper 3rd of the band, I'd often have totally different stations dominating on the respective wires and always from near their intended directions. An example was Amarillo on 1310 with 88 watts being DXable on the WSW and never had on any other antenna." . The bottom line is that a BOG's pattern is roughly equivalent with an elevated Beverage 2.5 time the length of the BOG in question. If this still holds true, a 300' BOG would have the same pattern as a 750' elevated Beverage which wouldn't be bad. But bear in mind, you will have more losses with a BOG than an elevated Beverage. If you have room for a center fed 300' BOG, you have room for a 300' endfed BOG and it would be worth doing. 73 Gil _______________________________________________ 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]
