Hi Felipe, In my experience, a four-square array of short verticals is fully competitive with a 500 foot Beverage. It can be as small as 65 feet on a side.
The YCCC 3 element in-line vertical array has similar excellent performance, fully competitive with a 500 foot Beverage. Try it! You be delighted with your results 73 Frank W3LPL From: "Felipe J. Hernández" <[email protected]> To: "Frank W3LPL" <[email protected]> Cc: "topband" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 7, 2023 7:28:55 AM Subject: Re: Topband: Is a 300' BOG + preamp worth it on 160m? Frank, That is the only thing that I haven't tried on 160. Currently I have a full wave dipole on 160 in OCF fashion at 130 ft up and its amazing both in TX and quiet on Receive with a butterfly pattern. Beverages towards Europe are impossible due to the farm animals and property limits, is the performance on those verticals good for weak signals or just a way to steer off strong nearby signals? 73's felipe np4z El sáb, 5 ago 2023 a las 18:31, Frank W3LPL (< [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] >) escribió: Hi Bob, Have you considered an array of short verticals? A simple receiving 4-square is only 80 feet on each side 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] To: " [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] " < [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] > Sent: Saturday, August 5, 2023 2:52:00 PM Subject: Re: Topband: Is a 300' BOG + preamp worth it on 160m? Been using a SAL 30 with good success but would like more Euro QSOs in the 160m contests. I dont have enough room for a 600'+ Beverage. Alas my yard is a 200'x700' rectangle running E-W, with the house in the middle ( ~300' of yard behind the house and 300 ft in front.) So I have a problem aiming anywhere near EU without running directly under my 52' tall 1/4 wave 160m INV-L and radial field. Suggestions? Comments? Bob ----------------------------------------- _________________ Searchable Archives: [ http://www.contesting.com/_topband | http://www.contesting.com/_topband ] - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: [ http://www.contesting.com/_topband | http://www.contesting.com/_topband ] - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
