But then it canalso be transmission line on a ground. In a form of coax line, twisted line.
ср, 4 дек. 2019 г. в 00:27, K9FD <[email protected]>: > WOG wire on the ground > > > I agree with Bob. I think the name BOG is firmly entrenched, whatever the > > electrical differences. Oh, I could propose a new name, but I doubt it > > would ever stick. > > > > I'll go back to my Otter/Platypus to propose a parable: > > > > Suppose that the Platypus had instead gotten the name of Duckfaced Otter, > > and that was firmly entrenched in the language regardless of the science > > placing the Duckfaced in a different Latin-worded species. > > > > Then on a reflector, an argument crops up, someone says that the > Duckfaced > > Otter lays eggs. Others deride that statement, saying everyone knows that > > an Otter is a mammal, that mammals give live birth and Otters do not lay > > eggs. Some, quite irritated, ask wouldn't the Duckfaced Otter have been > > named differently if it was really that different? Probably because it > was > > named centuries before people knew it laid eggs. > > > > In the science, the egg-laying, out of many differences, all by > > itself would put the Duckfaced Otter into a different species, because > such > > differences are what define different species. Overall, most already know > > that the Duckfaced Otter only *looks* like an otter, really isn't. But > they > > still call it the Duckfaced Otter because that's what the language calls > > it. Who among us ever gets to successfully take on the language? > > > > ---End of Parable--- > > > > Beverage Otter > > > > On-ground Beverage Duckfaced Otter > > > > Both are a longish Both have brown > > wire parallel to earth, water repellent fur coat. > > only used for RX. and love the water. > > > > Isn't it really about time that the masses on the reflectors know that a > > BOG has irritating issues that no up-in-the-air beverage has to design > > around, but must be taken into account designing a BOG? That any Beverage > > strategy has to be analyzed laying on the ground to see if it really > > applies to a BOG? > > > > The antenna category is Ground Low Velocity Factor. The short for that > > could be GLVF, except we already call those -on-ground or OG. Dipole on > > Ground is a DOG, Loop on Ground is a LOG, Beverage on ground is a BOG. In > > this system "Beverage" is only one possible shape of the wire laying on > the > > ground. How a BOG behaves and how to engineer/model one is really only > one > > application of how OG behaves and how to engineer OG. > > > > I think OG is just fine. I don't think OG needs a new name. Just remember > > that BOG is only one shape instance of OG, and OG controls the > engineering. > > > > 73, Guy K2AV > > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 6:38 PM Chortek, Robert L. < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I don’t think it matters what label we use as long as we correctly > >> understand its electrical properties..... > >> > >> AA6VB > >> > >> Bob > >> Robert L. Chortek > >> > >>> On Dec 2, 2019, at 3:13 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> [External Email] > >>> > >>> K2AV says ".BOG is not a Beverage. So don't think about or treat a BOG > >> like > >>> a Beverage." > >>> > >>> <snip> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> You seem pretty adamant about that Guy. > >>> > >>> What *SHOULD* we be calling it then please? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Mike VE9AA > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Keswick Ridge, NB > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _________________ > >>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > >> Reflector > >> _________________ > >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > >> Reflector > >> > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > -- Andrey Fedorishchev, RA6LBS http://lowbandsystems.com/ _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
