Max, I just installed a 350 foot BOG which makes several dog legs. It is very quiet and works well on 80 & 40 meters. On 160 it is good for noise reduction but is not directional at all.
I am now in the process of installing a HiZ Antenna's Hi-Z 2-3 phased vertical array on my small .25 acre lot for 160-40. Very compact and fairly low profile. Three 18 foot verticals spaced 50 feet apart. The best thing you can do for your inverted L is to get as much wire (radials) in the ground as possible. Also try putting multiple ground rods with proper spacing. Joe On Sat, 2012-09-22 at 15:59 +0100, Max Cotton wrote: > I am going to try to place a BOG antenna in my local neighbourhood, as I > don't have a 650+ foot garden I thought the most inconspicuous antenna would > be a BOG, however I have to 'Dogleg' it, it has to run for 200 feet North, > then 200 feet East and the remainder North again, I only have a maximum run > of 700 feet. I will terminate it with a 200-470 Ohm (select test) resistor at > the far end, I have to run this along a wooden fence line opposite a metal > mesh fence about 10-15 feet away for the entire run, this is towards the > East. The mesh fence is enclosing an industrial area with a footpath running > around that enclosure. My intended BOG will be on the side of this footpath > away from the metal fence. Maybe I am wasting my time, has anyone done > anything like this, I do have a North/South 'Inverted L' antenna but it is > not brilliant for TopBand as I can only ever hear UK and EU stations and > normally not even those. I can base load the 'L' but that is not brilliant. > Ground conduc ti > vity is good as I am about a mile away from a river and 3 miles from the > sea, good for HF but maybe not so good for LF bands. Maybe just adding a few > more topband radials to my 'L' may work for the moment. Ideas on this > anyone? QTH is South England. > 73 Max > M0GHQ > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
