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Re: Topband: BOG antenna

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Subject: Re: Topband: BOG antenna
From: "K9AY" <k9ay@k9ay.com>
Reply-to: K9AY <k9ay@k9ay.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:42:04 -0500
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All of my bare wire Beverages experience rain or snow static. Those with 
insulated wire -- whether BoG or above ground -- do not. Snowflakes and 
raindrops take on a charge in the clouds and discharge on contact with a 
conductor. Snow static seems to be consistently bad; rain varies.

Gary
K9AY



From: "Bruce" <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: BOG antenna

Noticed many storms have caused rain static on every ham antenna except my BOG. 
The BOG was very quiet and hearing stations in its normal manner.. I did hear a 
slight trace of something in there, one time when the noise was screaming on 
other antennas. Another local 160 meter DXer reported similar reception on his 
BOG.  Wonder how many others have observed the same?

Thanks in advance,
73
Bruce-K1FZ  
All good topband ops know how to put up a beverage at night.
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