- 1. Topband: B.O.G. vs. regular beverage (score: 1)
- Author: "Chuck Dietz" <w5pr@swbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:51:05 -0500
- I have to now use a temporary beverage to the NE. I have 1000 feet. 1. I can put out 1000' of RG-59 on the surface of average ground to a termination, or 2. I can put out 1000' of bare wire at 10' of
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-10/msg00029.html (7,298 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: B.O.G. vs. regular beverage (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:26:43 -0700 (PDT)
- Chuck, You need to define "perform better". Some folks want maximum "S" meter wiggle, some want F/B, and some want maximum overall S/N (RDF). It has been my experience that a BOG will always give as
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-10/msg00030.html (7,717 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: B.O.G. vs. regular beverage (score: 1)
- Author: "D Andersen" <w7dddd@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:58:54 -0700
- Hi Chuck, I have tried a Beverage on the ground and found that the gain was to low for use without a pre-amp. I elevated it 1 inch and the gain was almost as good as 10 feet and no pre-amp was needed
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-10/msg00055.html (8,657 bytes)
- 4. RE: Topband: B.O.G. vs. regular beverage (score: 1)
- Author: "W5PR" <W5PR@swbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 06:43:38 -0500
- I tried a 1000 foot B.O.G. and was not impressed with the performance compared to the previous 650 foot standard beverage. I will go to a 850 foot 10 foot high beverage on temporary supports for CQWW
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-10/msg00056.html (10,797 bytes)
- 5. RE: Topband: B.O.G. vs. regular beverage (score: 1)
- Author: "R. Kline" <k7nj@zahav.net.il>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:21:00 -0600
- I've always used BOGs at 4X4NJ and had 5 of them last year. They work remarkably well. I believe the only hesitancy in using them would be if either (1) you have high ground conductivity or (2) you h
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-10/msg00058.html (9,616 bytes)
- 6. RE: Topband: B.O.G. vs. regular beverage (score: 1)
- Author: "Logan Dietz" <cdietz@swbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:51:00 -0500
- I think I have too high ground conductivity... It did not work well here. I have old river bottom soil. Chuck W5PR I've always used BOGs at 4X4NJ and had 5 of them last year. They work remarkably wel
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-10/msg00059.html (10,570 bytes)
- 7. RE: Topband: B.O.G. vs. regular beverage (score: 1)
- Author: "CHARLES HUTTON" <charlesh3@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:27:30 +0000
- Could you tell us what "not impressed with the performance" means? Did you lose a few dB's via loss and have a non-too-sensitive radio that couldn't dig things out? Did you feel that the nulls were s
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-10/msg00060.html (11,762 bytes)
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