I've just spent a very educational hour with Google Earth looking at my Beverage options for 160M. On a 45/225 azimuth I can only get about 215 feet. Is that even worth doing with a conventional Be
A DHDL will fit in a lot less length and work better IMO than either Beverage choice. You can put relays in small boxes at the feed transformer and termination to flip the directivity with two feedl
For the last two seasons, I had two 225' BOGs put out; one pointing NE, and one pointing SE. They worked well. I also have a K9AY, and in general, I like the K9AY performance better than the BOGs. An
Hi Pete I don't understand why Beverage at first place, A rotatable Vertical WF can perform 11.5 db RDF on 160-80-60 and 40m rotatable on any direction and it take only 50ft maximum. If you want high
I have 3x KD9SV Reversible-BOGs ranging from 175 feet to 300 feet long, they all receive much better than using my TX vertical. Make sure that you have good grounding at each end! I also have a parti
Hi Pete, The bad news is that 215 feet is not long enough to produce good performance from a Beverage. It will work for a BOG, but that's not your best choice. Could you install two or three short ve
Could you install two or three short verticals over a total length of 120 feet? The YCCC three element array is a superb choice if you can. The Hi-Z arrays are also worthy of consideration. https://
I designed the YCCC preamp so I can answer the question about the AD8055 op amp. As used in the YCCC preamp, the linearity is actually very good. We use a YCCC receiving array at KC1XX in a multi-ope
Thanks so much for explaining the amplifier choice. The choice of a thru-hole part is completely understandable in light of the positioning of this system as a kit. The choice to use unity voltage ga
Hi Here at PI4CC we are busy with building a 9 circle array. And our motto is DIY so we have create a PCB for the RX preamp around the AD8055 ala the YCCC Some details are at https://www.pi4cc.nl/tec
Pete: I'm using RG6 for my beverages. They are switched, bidirectional. Performance seems to be equivalent to a single wire beverage. They can also be deployed as a BOG. RG6 is cheap, and I built my
I'm using RG6 for my beverages. They are switched, bidirectional. Performance seems to be equivalent to a single wire beverage. They can also be deployed as a BOG. RG6 is cheap, and I built my own tr
I have the jk version, was using it as a ewe, which worked ok, recently converted it to a bog, about 200 ft long, easy to build, seems to work , worked a bunch this weekend which I could not hear on