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Re: Topband: Receive ant - binocular cores

To: "'Mark - N5OT'" <r-emails@n5ot.com>, "'TopBand List'" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Receive ant - binocular cores
From: "tony.kaz--- via Topband" <topband@contesting.com>
Reply-to: tony.kaz@verizon.net
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 14:32:19 -0400
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Hi Mark,
Both of my BOGS are right on the ground. One works fine. I was referring to the 
signal level being low. I swapped boxes just to very it was only the feedbox. 
It is only the feedbox.
Just surprised why all the tiny pieces and yet the primary and secondary #30 
wires are fine.

73,
N2TK, Tony



-----Original Message-----
From: Topband <topband-bounces+tony.kaz=verizon.net@contesting.com> On Behalf 
Of Mark - N5OT
Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 8:11 AM
To: TopBand List <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Receive ant - binocular cores

> One BOG was very low.


I'm thinking BOGs are low by definition, but that's probably not what you were 
talking about :-)

Tony, to confirm that the busted ferrite is the actual reason your BOG is low, 
do you have an identical feedpoint transformer you can swap in and see if it 
also has the same symptom?  From your description, all we really know is that 
the degradation in performance of the antenna and the condition of the 
binocular core are coincidental.

Your BOG might have some other issue that replacing the ferrite won't change.

Just thinking out loud.

73 - Mark N5OT
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