But then it canalso be transmission line on a ground.
In a form of coax line, twisted line.
ср, 4 дек. 2019 г. в 00:27, K9FD <merv.k9fd@gmail.com
<mailto:merv.k9fd@gmail.com>>:
WOG wire on the ground
> I agree with Bob. I think the name BOG is firmly entrenched,
whatever the
> electrical differences. Oh, I could propose a new name, but I
doubt it
> would ever stick.
>
> I'll go back to my Otter/Platypus to propose a parable:
>
> Suppose that the Platypus had instead gotten the name of
Duckfaced Otter,
> and that was firmly entrenched in the language regardless of the
science
> placing the Duckfaced in a different Latin-worded species.
>
> Then on a reflector, an argument crops up, someone says that the
Duckfaced
> Otter lays eggs. Others deride that statement, saying everyone
knows that
> an Otter is a mammal, that mammals give live birth and Otters do
not lay
> eggs. Some, quite irritated, ask wouldn't the Duckfaced Otter
have been
> named differently if it was really that different? Probably
because it was
> named centuries before people knew it laid eggs.
>
> In the science, the egg-laying, out of many differences, all by
> itself would put the Duckfaced Otter into a different species,
because such
> differences are what define different species. Overall, most
already know
> that the Duckfaced Otter only *looks* like an otter, really
isn't. But they
> still call it the Duckfaced Otter because that's what the
language calls
> it. Who among us ever gets to successfully take on the language?
>
> ---End of Parable---
>
> Beverage Otter
>
> On-ground Beverage Duckfaced Otter
>
> Both are a longish Both have brown
> wire parallel to earth, water repellent fur coat.
> only used for RX. and love the water.
>
> Isn't it really about time that the masses on the reflectors
know that a
> BOG has irritating issues that no up-in-the-air beverage has to
design
> around, but must be taken into account designing a BOG? That any
Beverage
> strategy has to be analyzed laying on the ground to see if it really
> applies to a BOG?
>
> The antenna category is Ground Low Velocity Factor. The short
for that
> could be GLVF, except we already call those -on-ground or OG.
Dipole on
> Ground is a DOG, Loop on Ground is a LOG, Beverage on ground is
a BOG. In
> this system "Beverage" is only one possible shape of the wire
laying on the
> ground. How a BOG behaves and how to engineer/model one is
really only one
> application of how OG behaves and how to engineer OG.
>
> I think OG is just fine. I don't think OG needs a new name. Just
remember
> that BOG is only one shape instance of OG, and OG controls the
engineering.
>
> 73, Guy K2AV
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 6:38 PM Chortek, Robert L. <
> Robert.Chortek@berliner.com
<mailto:Robert.Chortek@berliner.com>> wrote:
>
>> I don’t think it matters what label we use as long as we correctly
>> understand its electrical properties.....
>>
>> AA6VB
>>
>> Bob
>> Robert L. Chortek
>>
>>> On Dec 2, 2019, at 3:13 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA
<ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca <mailto:ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>> wrote:
>>>
>>> [External Email]
>>>
>>> K2AV says ".BOG is not a Beverage. So don't think about or
treat a BOG
>> like
>>> a Beverage."
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You seem pretty adamant about that Guy.
>>>
>>> What *SHOULD* we be calling it then please?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike VE9AA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Keswick Ridge, NB
>>>
>>>
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