Thank you for your excellent, well presented videos, Steve. They are an inspirational to many of us who always wanted to get on Top Band! 73 from VA3DM
Excellent. Glad to see your success. I have used quite a few BOGs since about 2011 when I moved away from my salt marsh location. (Beverages did not work at all over my salt marsh ground but everything else did!) My first one was 225 feet pointed NE and I expected to increase it a bit but it worked so well I left it. I also had one pointed West that was about 480 feet. The directivity was amazing when I switched between them. I also had a more conventional Beverage pointed South. I found even shorter BOGs worked reasonably well. I currently have one about 200 feet long pointed West and another I roll out across the backyard pointed to Europe each winter. Like you I use short ground rods at both ends and about the same value terminating resistor. 73, de Don, N4DJ
I just placed an order with the pcb house in China. With shipping, 10 cca's was $25. My intention is to install a couple 90ft BOG's for use on 40m. I will rescale the pre-amp components for 40m. Thank you for sharing your design. 73, Don KO7i
Excellent work! I could only dream of having the ability to construct and perform these kinds of experiments in amateur radio! Thank you for doing this, and for sharing your findings! Your videos are also well presented and easy to follow. 73 VE6WGM
A very informative video Steve. I have been thing about BOG but had not thought about stapling it to small logs. I have a lot of trees down in my property and I do have Moose. Great ideas from you. Mike KL7QOW
Thanks Steve very good video as always. Boy are you right on how much maintenance Beverages are ..and I have small ones. I will probable give the BOG another look...Thanks again great stuff.. Fred KB4QZH
That is a fantastic video with good knowledge you've shared. THANK YOU. I was especially impressed with the "NEC" results laid on top of the actual field measurements. I really think your method of field measures are about as good as it gets. 73 de Ken H> K9FV
Could this antenna work if placed along a barbed wire fence? Thank you, there are hundred meters of it nearby, I think I could make a stealth antenna...
Im curious about the lack of termination on the receiving end of the beverage. Does changing from a real 300 ohm termination to essentially an open circuit on the active end make a difference?
Hello steve Greetings from Philippines Its 6pm locsl 23 nov 2024 Listening to 160m static crashes No copy on cqww cw contest any Station Interesting video FYI Ive tried LOP K9AY and BOG Bog seems only thing helps At mountain shack Your skimmer receivers using bogs What azimuth though Your using 300 to 400 ft ? Most use 200 ft 73 bob du7et
Thank you for your excellent, well presented videos, Steve. They are an inspirational to many of us who always wanted to get on Top Band! 73 from VA3DM
Steve, thank you for your contribution to ham radio community worldwide! 73 Nick VK9DX Norfolk Island
Excellent. Glad to see your success. I have used quite a few BOGs since about 2011 when I moved away from my salt marsh location. (Beverages did not work at all over my salt marsh ground but everything else did!) My first one was 225 feet pointed NE and I expected to increase it a bit but it worked so well I left it. I also had one pointed West that was about 480 feet. The directivity was amazing when I switched between them. I also had a more conventional Beverage pointed South. I found even shorter BOGs worked reasonably well. I currently have one about 200 feet long pointed West and another I roll out across the backyard pointed to Europe each winter. Like you I use short ground rods at both ends and about the same value terminating resistor. 73, de Don, N4DJ
I just placed an order with the pcb house in China. With shipping, 10 cca's was $25.
My intention is to install a couple 90ft BOG's for use on 40m. I will rescale the pre-amp components for 40m.
Thank you for sharing your design.
73, Don KO7i
And, 5 days later, the delivery from JLCPCB arrived via DHL at my home. 👍👍
fantastic presentation!
great material, Steve. As always! Some people call that VLB (Very Low Beverage) too
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Thanks a bunch Steve for great documentation and share. These inspire a lot of us to try something new.
Excellent pair of videos, Steve! Always a great, educational watch! Can't wait for the next one. 73 VE3GKT
Excellent work! I could only dream of having the ability to construct and perform these kinds of experiments in amateur radio! Thank you for doing this, and for sharing your findings! Your videos are also well presented and easy to follow.
73
VE6WGM
A very informative video Steve. I have been thing about BOG but had not thought about stapling it to small logs. I have a lot of trees down in my property and I do have Moose. Great ideas from you. Mike KL7QOW
Very impressive rx system, professional grade
Thanks Steve very good video as always.
Boy are you right on how much maintenance Beverages are ..and I have small ones.
I will probable give the BOG another look...Thanks again great stuff..
Fred KB4QZH
That is a fantastic video with good knowledge you've shared. THANK YOU. I was especially impressed with the "NEC" results laid on top of the actual field measurements. I really think your method of field measures are about as good as it gets.
73 de Ken H> K9FV
Could this antenna work if placed along a barbed wire fence? Thank you, there are hundred meters of it nearby, I think I could make a stealth antenna...
any thoughts on a 130ftx 30ft garden and what options for rx antenna on lower HF bands?
Great video, thanks. Greetings from Siberia. We also find bears near our radios😂
Im curious about the lack of termination on the receiving end of the beverage. Does changing from a real 300 ohm termination to essentially an open circuit on the active end make a difference?
Nice B roll and green screen! :D
Excellent! What is the ground conductivity at the site? I understand that BoG's and LoG's work better with poor ground conductivity.
Hello steve
Greetings from Philippines
Its 6pm locsl 23 nov 2024
Listening to 160m static crashes
No copy on cqww cw contest any
Station
Interesting video
FYI
Ive tried LOP K9AY and BOG
Bog seems only thing helps
At mountain shack
Your skimmer receivers using bogs
What azimuth though
Your using 300 to 400 ft ?
Most use 200 ft
73 bob du7et
I would be concerned with gain matching of multiple antennas using a cap to set the gain.
Tnx Steve... N8UX
🙂