Topband: BOG height

[Hermod Pedersen]

That is absolutely so.
I have been using BOG's for years, running them in and out on the neighbor farmer's field, until a friend of mine told me that I really must raise the wire.
Having done so during the last winter, with kind permission from the farmer, I can tell you that Chuck is spot on. Raise the wire above the ground, and It's totally different. While I use my antennas for MW DXing, it should be the same for topband DX.
With the BOGs I could, on a nice night, hear some fair long distance stations, with an elevated wire I now regularly can catch Andean MW stations in my location, which is Sweden. summer or winter.
/hermod

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>Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 12:23:10 -0500
>From: Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com>
>To: Paul Mclaren <paul.mcl at gmail.com>
>Cc: Topband <topband at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: Topband: BOG height
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>When I tried a BOG compared to a Beverage, I found the BOG to be almost
>useless compared to the Beverage. I would put up one of the arrays K9AY,
>SAL-30, 4sq rec, etc.
>I don't think you will be happy with a BOG after using a Beverage.
>
>Chuck W5PR