Topband: Bog wire

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Ive had a single wire 600' BOG for a bit over a year and I must say Im 
impressed. Its partially on the ground and rises to 6-8" on ground hugging 
shrubs. It doesnt require a preamp, likely due to the poor ground here not 
bleeding off signal. Its quiet and less susceptible to crud from a neighbors 
house which is about 50-60' from its end as compared to a 2 wire reversible 
about 6-7' high and about the same horizontally.

Im going to try a couple of 2 wire BOG's starting 600-800' away from any 
noise sources. Just got 2km of Army phone wire for $45.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Wichers" <billw at waveform.net>
To: "Terry Conboy" <n6ry at arrl.net>
Cc: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 6:50 PM
Subject: Topband: Bog wire


>
> I am curious why you specify "#18 Teflon" wire for the BOG wire you list
> about 1/2 way down the page. Black polyethylene insulated wire would
> hold up a lot better over time and would be far cheaper, so I'm curious
> if there is some specific reason you would specify Teflon? The only
> thing I can think of here is the velocity factor, which is only differs
> from polyethylene about 4-5% and I wouldn't think would make much
> difference with an on-ground wire anyway...
>
>  -Bill
>
>> See http://www.w0uce.net/K2AVantennas.html
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