[TowerTalk] BOG vs BEV on 160

[Keith Hanson]

I have been using a 200' BOG for the last couple of years on 160 with "pretty good results".  Definitely quieter on receive than the 1/4 wave sloper.   I could manage a 500' Beverage on my lot, but it would have to pass almost directly past the tower from which the sloper is hung.  Any opinions here on whether I would improve my situation by putting up a short above ground Beverage this year instead of the BOG.  I would put some sort of "receive protection" on the Beverage because of proximity to the transmit antenna.  These antennas would be oriented NE/SW and in either case I will lay out a BOG at right angles oriented to the SE/NW primarily for South America and the Caribbean.

Thanks,

Keith - AC9S