I used 8 foot ground rods for the BOG and 4 foot ground rods for the
RBOG.
Mark K3MSB
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 1:36 PM Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb@gmail.com> wrote:
> I’ve used BOGs and RBOGs at 200 feet length laying on the ground. The
> BOG worked great, the RBOG worked good, but not as good as the BOG.
>
> Others tried them in my local area based upon my experiences and said
> they didn’t work at all.
>
> This is typical of people that have used / tried BOGs.
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 1:08 PM Paul Mclaren <paul.mcl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just a ‘simple’ question hopefully - How close to the ground should a BOG
>> be for best/good performance?
>>
>> I am looking for any additional info that I can get to supplement what I
>> have found online already so good on the balun, wire type and termination
>> resistor.
>>
>> My single unterminated beverage I have at the moment was transformational
>> compared to a Wellbrooke loop but the location it is in will soon be 80
>> new
>> homes so time to look elsewhere. Current plan is a small number (maybe
>> three) BOG antennas switched by a remote relay but distance is limited to
>> 200ft maximum in any direction.
>>
>> Plan is to use the BOGs for 160 but also 80,40 and maybe 30m.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Paul MM0ZBH
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