Re: Topband: BOGs in alley under powerlines

Keep in mind that a BOG antenna really needs some kind of return (RF ground). That could be a few radials buried just below the surface of the earth (to minimize pickup from unwanted directions on the radials themselves). Otherwise, the return is in the form of common-mode on the outside of your

Re: Topband: BOGs in alley under powerlines

Chet, That sounds interesting. I may try it myself. In my situation, I live on a corner and could only run the bog out in the west direction which might be good for europe which is NW of me. It depends how directional it is on receive. What kind of directivity have you noticed on

Re: Topband: BOGs in alley under powerlines

Hi Hank, what i do here is pretty much what you want to do. I run mine down the gutter from my house about 300 feet laying the wire in the gutter. I have the wire on an electrical cord reel. It crosses the driveways of 3 neighbors. I reel it out after dark and reel it back up when done.

Re: Topband: BOGs in alley under powerlines

Assuming the utilities are all in the back yards, I'd suggest you look at running a BOG wire along the edge of the sidewalk in the front yards. -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of HankP Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 2:51 PM To:

Re: Topband: BOGs in alley under powerlines

It can't cost much to try it! :-) 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Topband: BOGs in alley under powerlines

Is there any point in trying a 160 foot or so BOG down an alley if there are powerlines and phone lines and cable TV 15 to 30 feet above ??? (Along with Centurylink VDSL2 carriers across band 2 to 3 dB above my -100 dBm invvee noise. - at least they are not -75 dBm anymore after two days and

Re: Topband: Soldering radials?

My experience has been the complete opposite. May have to do with which is hard drawn and which is soft. Rob K5UJ On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: > I much prefer stranded 18AWG for my "roll out on top of lawn and driveway" > radials. Stranded is more

Re: Topband: New Noise - 160 Meters

Link to files https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3ftcsm50mvr9jmy/AABcDfHjYn-GKvelQhmyJTBia?dl=0 - Original Message - From: "Joe Galicic" To: "PVRC List" , "TopBand List" Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 1:35:15 PM Subject:

Topband: New Noise - 160 Meters

Just put up my 160 antenna and have a new noise source to find. Very loud wide band buzzing that starts in the middle of the AM broadcast band and then abruptly drops to zero at 1870 KHZ. I have attached sound file and panadapter screen shots. It is not coming from my QTH. One night it went off

Re: Topband: Soldering radials?

I much prefer stranded 18AWG for my "roll out on top of lawn and driveway" radials. Stranded is more likely to stay flat on the ground than solid. The solid likes to remembers the curl of being wound on the spool and sproings up. It takes many fewer staples to hold the stranded down. Tim N3QE On

Re: Topband: Soldering radials?

Yes you canworks fine Cecil K5DL Sent using recycled electrons. On Oct 13, 2016, at 6:11 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote: >> Is there any danger of damaging stranded copper wire by overheating it with >> a torch when soldering or brazing? > > You don't use stranded wire

Re: Topband: Soldering radials?

Stranded wire is harder to work with. It is harder to get to lay down flat either on top or in a trench, harder to bolt or solder, is more expensive, does not take high heat as well. On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote: > Rob > > why you don't use

Re: Topband: Soldering radials?

Rob why you don't use stranded wire for radials? 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W 2016-10-13 8:11 GMT-03:00 Rob Atkinson : > > Is there any danger of damaging stranded copper wire by overheating it > with > > a torch when soldering or brazing? > > You don't use stranded wire for

Re: Topband: Soldering radials?

> Is there any danger of damaging stranded copper wire by overheating it with > a torch when soldering or brazing? You don't use stranded wire for radials. 73 Rob K5UJ _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband