That is absolutely so. I have been using BOG's for years, running them in and out on the neighbor farmer's field, until a friend of mine told me that I really must raise the wire. Having done so during the last winter, with kind permission from the farmer, I can tell you that Chuck is spot on. Raise the wire above the ground, and It's totally different. While I use my antennas for MW DXing, it should be the same for topband DX. With the BOGs I could, on a nice night, hear some fair long distance stations, with an elevated wire I now regularly can catch Andean MW stations in my location, which is Sweden. summer or winter. /hermod
>----Ursprungligt meddelande---- >Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 12:23:10 -0500 >From: Chuck Dietz <[email protected]> >To: Paul Mclaren <[email protected]> >Cc: Topband <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Topband: BOG height >Message-ID: > <CAOk0j187OeSRmC=9swdqs_9bb2s9zuojh5lqkyar2xax4qe...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > >When I tried a BOG compared to a Beverage, I found the BOG to be almost >useless compared to the Beverage. I would put up one of the arrays K9AY, >SAL-30, 4sq rec, etc. >I don't think you will be happy with a BOG after using a Beverage. > >Chuck W5PR _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
