Topband: Beverage on Ice

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:

> Insulating the wire would not help much (if any), because the ice is
> already an insulator and the ice beyond the insulation dominates the loss
> and reduction of wave velocity in the wire.


Using FlexWeave and insulation is a take-off on the kind of wire that they
put down in the slices in pavement for sensor loops. The insulation also
serves as mechanical protection, and the flexible conductor is to deal with
mechanical shifts, whatever the source.

As to BOGs, running them on top of the leaves can be effective. Under the
leaves has a lower velocity factor and can detune something originally set
up on top of the leaves. So exactly what a BOG is on/in isn't the issue,
not whether it matches some federal legal definition of a BOG, but whether
it hears in a manner that improves RX. And can he actually get away with
putting that on/in ice with snowmobile traffic over it.

73, Guy.