Topband: RX antennas 1 + 1 = 5

[Mikek]

On 8/4/2018 9:08 PM, Mikek wrote:
>  Hi JC,
>  I have just recently put in a BOG.
>  But before I installed the BOG, I ran my 240 feet of coaxial feedline
> out to where I expected to put my BOG transformer.
> I terminated the coax and connected the other end to my radio. I started
> logging S units and frequency of all the AM stations I received.
>  I had about 13 stations with as high as 5.5 S units. I tried chokes 
> and transformers
> and grounds without much reduction.
>  Then I ran a piece of twisted speaker wire out to the same position 
> and terminated it.
>  This had only 4 stations, 3 were at Zero S units but audible and one 
> ran close to 1 S unit.
> The speaker wire is clearly the winner.
>  I may have done several things wrong. The speaker wire runs within 6" 
> of a chain link fence for
> about 60 feet, it is on the ground the whole distance, it is probably 
> pvc insulation.
>  But I now have it connected to a 253ft BOG and it seems to be working 
> well compared to my
> 150 ft long wire. I test it on AM band stations and it is clearly the 
> better antenna,
> it has a better Signal to Noise on almost every station.
>                                  Mikek
>