Topband: Slow DX day banter

[Bruce]

Major antenna handbooks have it mostly all together.

BOG is Beverage on ground. How can this not be understood ?   On or very close to the earth.

Low Beverage- One that may have Deer, Elk and other creatures bumping into it.

Beverage antenna. One higher enough not to be a hazard to 2 and 4 legged creatures walking on the earth.


Lately I have read on the internet quite some misuse of antenna terms.

A broadcast band SWL DX posting had a BOG many feet in the air. It was suggested that a wire lying on the ground could be called a WOG.

Hmmm,  Maybe if it is somewhat buried, it could be called a wire in ground,  WIG
If deeper... could be a BUG.

Maybe misunderstanding comes from the question, Where is ground? , Physical ground is a typical reference... Electrical or conductive 
ground may be much deeper, or some where else..........

How are new hams, trying to learn the code, going to learn all these initials?   (; > ))

73
Bruce-K1FZ
 www.qsl.net/k1fz/bogantennanotes/index.html