Topband: How Good is Good Enough?

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

This is exactly why I got to looking at BOGs - I lack the space in a 
Northeasterly direction (Northwest too, for that matter).  Mine is 220 
feet, as suggested by some experiments with the resonant frequency of a 
dipole laid on the ground to derive a velocity factor - a technique 
suggested by K2AV.

My thinking on putting the preamp at the antenna end was that I would 
improve the SNR and potentially the directivity by amplifying the 
desired signal before sending it down the coax where common mode signal 
pickup, to some degree, seemed inevitable.  But if the preamp is 
amplifying those signals as well, then I clearly need to rethink.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 3/11/2012 9:52 PM, ZR wrote:
> Very possible on your farm Mike, time to experiment I'd say.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
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>> Thanks, Carl!
>>
>> Seems to me that laying on the ground, the VF would be considerably lower,
>> and so we could shorten them.
>>
>> 73, Mike
>> www.w0btu.com
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>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:58 PM, ZR<zr at jeremy.mv.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Ive said several times that my 500' BOG's dont need a preamp. The signal
>>> level may be 5-6dB lower
>>>
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