I have been using a 200' BOG for the last couple of years on 160 with "pretty 
good results".  Definitely quieter on receive than the 1/4 wave sloper.   I 
could manage a 500' Beverage on my lot, but it would have to pass almost 
directly past the tower from which the sloper is hung.  Any opinions here on 
whether I would improve my situation by putting up a short above ground 
Beverage this year instead of the BOG.  I would put some sort of "receive 
protection" on the Beverage because of proximity to the transmit antenna.  
These antennas would be oriented NE/SW and in either case I will lay out a BOG 
at right angles oriented to the SE/NW primarily for South America and the 
Caribbean.
Thanks,
Keith - AC9S
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