On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Tom W8JI <[email protected]> wrote: > Insulating the wire would not help much (if any), because the ice is > already an insulator and the ice beyond the insulation dominates the loss > and reduction of wave velocity in the wire.
Using FlexWeave and insulation is a take-off on the kind of wire that they put down in the slices in pavement for sensor loops. The insulation also serves as mechanical protection, and the flexible conductor is to deal with mechanical shifts, whatever the source. As to BOGs, running them on top of the leaves can be effective. Under the leaves has a lower velocity factor and can detune something originally set up on top of the leaves. So exactly what a BOG is on/in isn't the issue, not whether it matches some federal legal definition of a BOG, but whether it hears in a manner that improves RX. And can he actually get away with putting that on/in ice with snowmobile traffic over it. 73, Guy. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
