Topband: BUW ... beverage under water

[john battin]

At one point I tried a 600 foot beverage in the lake in back of the house ... had to submerge the feed point to keep it from recieving. Results  same .... directivity ok .... signals so weak not even a submerged pre-amp could bring them up.
John K9dx 
> From: w2pm at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 19:26:40 -0500
> To: 00tlzivney at bsu.edu
> CC: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Beverage under ice
> 
> Same scenario here with BOG. Sensitivity way down but directivity appears same. I may run a new wire on top of the ice cap which is a couple feet thick at this point in NNJ. Prob not solid all way thru -only about 4 inches solid ice cap!
> 
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> On Feb 5, 2011, at 12:05, "Zivney, Terry L." <00tlzivney at bsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > As a note about my recent posting, I listened early last night to the under-ice
> > beverages. They still show good directivity on the BC band - I can listen to
> > two different stations on the same frequency by switching beverages.
> > 
> > But, the sensitivity on the ham bands is waaaaay down. S9+ signals on
> > 40 were S1, and I couldn't hear band noise on 160 even with the rig's
> > preamp on!
> > 
> > I know this isn't exactly the "beverage on ground" BOG system, but I had
> > hoped it would work adequately. It doesn't, which is why I posted my
> > earlier question.
> > 
> > Terry Zivney, N4TZ/9
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