Id hate to see anyone throw money at an overpriced compromise especially since it appears you have not exhausted the better alternatives.
Why not use a proper BOG, terminated and with an effective ground and transformer? A 500 or 1000' reel of quality triple or quad shield and flooded RG-6 is cheap. What about a Slinky Beverage, you already have more than enough room. I worked many of my hardest countries with a 150' Slinky array that couldnt be heard on regular Beverages that were pointed the wrong way. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Lunday" <mlun...@nc.rr.com> To: <topband@contesting.com> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 2:04 PM Subject: Topband: Receive antenna dilemma > Since I can see that my preliminary BOG installations are not yielding > satisfactory results, perhaps it is time to look elsewhere. > > The BOG as unerminated, 200 feet long each, on pointed 210 so I can hear > EU > off the back.and one pointed 300 so I can also hear Afrida off the back. > > I din't have room for longer BOGs, and I don't see a reason to put up > beverages of that length as the performance will be sup-optimal. > > So I am looking into other alternatives. The K9AY would be too close to > my > transmitting antenna in the back. > > The DX Engineering 4-pack active receive antenna array package looks > interesting. It's a but challenging to get set up, and it's about $1000. > While I want to get some more activity on 160, I am not sure that this is > the way to go over my inverted L. Will it hear that dramatically > different? > AA6YQ says he loves his/ I trally need to be sure before I make a large > investment like this. > > http://www.dxengineering.com/Parts.asp?ID=5255&PLID=255&SecID=117&DeptID={95 > EA549F-3210-474F-84E0-5BE0B267BC4C}&PartNo=DXE%2DRFS%2DSYS%2D4P > > Advice appreciated > > WD4ELG > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 2092/4030 - Release Date: 11/21/11 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK