Topband: BOG height

[Mike Waters]

Joe, ~200' is what most folks report as being a good BOG length on 160. The
close proximity to the earth requires a shorter length due to the reduced
VF.

http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html#Beverage_On_the_Ground
has a little BOG info. But the best source of info can only be found by
searching the Topband Archives for those three search terms that I
mentioned in an earlier post here today.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com



On Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 1:29 PM Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:

> beverages have always fascinated me. But I have never had the property
> to have one.
>
> I might now, BUT, how do you know how long and what direction to lay it
> out to maximize signal to the desired direction?
>
> I assume the longer it is, the higher gain it has and more towards the
> ends the lobe is?
>
> Joe WB9SBD
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> On 8/1/2019 1:01 PM, Wes wrote:
> > Doesn't "BOG" mean, Beverage On Ground?  If so, isn't the answer, "on
> > the ground"?
> >
> > Wes  N7WS
> >
> > On 8/1/2019 10:08 AM, Paul Mclaren wrote:
> >> Just a ‘simple’ question hopefully - How close to the ground should a
> >> BOG
> >> be for best/good performance?
> >>
> >> I am looking for any additional info that I can get to supplement what I
> >> have found online already so good on the balun, wire type and
> >> termination
> >> resistor.
> >>
> >> My single unterminated beverage I have at the moment was
> >> transformational
> >> compared to a Wellbrooke loop but the location it is in will soon be
> >> 80 new
> >> homes so time to look elsewhere.  Current plan is a small number (maybe
> >> three) BOG antennas switched by a remote relay but distance is
> >> limited to
> >> 200ft maximum in any direction.
> >>
> >> Plan is to use the BOGs for 160 but also 80,40 and maybe 30m.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Paul MM0ZBH
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