Gary, I studied a similar setup a while ago. Only, I was going to go for the
wire above ground and the zig-zags in a vertical plane. The wire was to be 500
feet long and be attached to a rope about 100 some feet long.
The issue with this kind of antenna (the BOG and terminated, as well as
unterminated beverages) is that the antenna works on the principal of the wave
passing lengthwise over the wire to induce current along the wire. That current
is what passes through the transmittion line into the radio. The longer the
wire the stronger the current (to a point), and thus the stonger the recieved
signal (using a preamp is a must though as the signal is quite weak). When you
take that strait length of wire and bent it the radio waves can no longer
travel along the length of the wire. Radio waves travel in a strait line, so
any curve or zig-zag in the antenna wire will render it useless. The point of
the BOG and Beverage antennas is to be directive, high gain recieving antennas.
Once you bend the wire to any significant degree the antenna looses its
directivity and sensitivity.
What I did instead in my situation was build a K9AY switching loop system. It
will recieve in 4 different directions, or, rather, will null out 4 different
directions (the lobes are rather broad, not incredibly directive). The recieve
performence is NOT going to be what you would get out of Beverages, but it will
be better than all but the best transmitting antennas (if you are running a 4
square or 9 circle you need no RX antenna HIHI, a full size vertical or dipole
WAYYYY up probably would work just fine on RX too, the vertical might be a
little noisy though).
Also remember, there is no harm in trying something new! Thats what this
hobby is all about. Experiment, learn, and have fun doing it!
Steve, KC8QVO
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