Ive had a single wire 600' BOG for a bit over a year and I must say Im impressed. Its partially on the ground and rises to 6-8" on ground hugging shrubs. It doesnt require a preamp, likely due to the poor ground here not bleeding off signal. Its quiet and less susceptible to crud from a neighbors house which is about 50-60' from its end as compared to a 2 wire reversible about 6-7' high and about the same horizontally.
Im going to try a couple of 2 wire BOG's starting 600-800' away from any noise sources. Just got 2km of Army phone wire for $45. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Wichers" <[email protected]> To: "Terry Conboy" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 6:50 PM Subject: Topband: Bog wire > > I am curious why you specify "#18 Teflon" wire for the BOG wire you list > about 1/2 way down the page. Black polyethylene insulated wire would > hold up a lot better over time and would be far cheaper, so I'm curious > if there is some specific reason you would specify Teflon? The only > thing I can think of here is the velocity factor, which is only differs > from polyethylene about 4-5% and I wouldn't think would make much > difference with an on-ground wire anyway... > > -Bill > >> See http://www.w0uce.net/K2AVantennas.html > [snip] > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 2092/4022 - Release Date: 11/17/11 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
