Topband: BOG - maybe two or three ?

[Greg - ZL3IX]

Gary Marks wrote:
> It sounds like zig-zagging a 500' BOG isn't a good idea but I could run one in a straight line for 300 ft. Has anyone tried running two or three BOG antennas in a straight line parallel to each other (within 5 ft. of each other) and combining them together just before entering your shack ?   Would that just amount to two or three of the same weak signal or would it be two to three times stronger ? 
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Gary, both the signal and the noise would be stronger, so there would be 
no advantage.  In order to  gain some directivity and hence S/N 
advantage, you would need broadside spacing, preferably of a half 
wavelength or more.  330 ft spacing is a good figure.

73, Greg, ZL3IX