Topband: BOG question

Gary K9GS garyk9gs at wi.rr.com
Thu Oct 1 21:55:24 EDT 2015


Does the length of a BOG scale linearly?  In other words, 100' for 80M?

On 10/1/2015 5:09 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
> I fully agree, Chuck. I forget the actual length, but IIRC, 200' is a
> commonly used length on 160.
> 400' or 500' of wire on the earth is much too long to work right on most
> types of ground.
>
> 73, Mike
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> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Chuck Hutton <charlesh3 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Frank:
>> I believe there is a large influence of height above ground on VF. ... The
>> influence of height on VF is very very pronounced.
>>
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