Topband: BOG height

[FZ Bruce]

North Haven Island is close to my QTH across water. Sam Beverage W1MGP
(sk) a relative of Harold and locals had a Friday evening 10 meter SSB
schedule. We discussed Harold's antennas often. Years went by and it
was rare for someone to miss the schedule.
The problem with the BOG is not the antenna, but new users who try to
use above ground Beverage information to make it work..
The "on ground" part of the antenna often does not work right because
sand and other non-conductive soil are insulators. Over insulating
soil it does act like a real Beverage antenna.
Its a good antenna. Every few years there are a few new DXers trying
to figure it out.
73
Bruce -k1fz

	-----------------------------------------From: "K4SAV" 
To: topband at contesting.com
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Sent: Sunday August 4 2019 9:35:06AM
Subject: Re: Topband: BOG height

K1FZ said:
 "The Amateur Radio BOG is mis-named, should have been something like 
 WOG (wire on ground)"

 I think BOG is a perfect name. It honors the inventor Harold
Beverage.

 We have lots of things in ham radio that are misnamed but BOG isn't
one 
 of them.

 An interesting read is this interview with Harold Beverage. It's long

 but interesting.
 http://www.contesting.com/_topband [1] - Topband Reflector
 

Links:
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[1] https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Harold_H._Beverage
https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Harold_H._Beverage
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 Jerry, K4SAV
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