Re: [IRCA] BOG made to a BUG

["Chuck Hutton" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

It should make no noticeable difference in theory, which seemed a whole lot
easier than burying 600' of wire.....

The standard method for evaluating how far RF penetrates into ground is to
calculate the depth where it has fallen to 37% of its level at the surface. 

That depth depends on soil and frequency. At 1 MHz with average soil, it's
about 25 feet.

Sounds like you could even dig down a few feet if you get carried away.


Chuck

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Subject: [IRCA] BOG made to a BUG

I think that someone brought this up a while back, but what about 
going one step further and burying a BOG under a 1/4 to 1/2 inch of 
soil?  I am seriously considering doing just that as an experiment. 
That would be an easy way to hide an antenna especially in areas with 
lots of traffic.  Has anyone done this?  I am talking about distances 
of over 500 feet, or perhaps 1000 feet.  Since this would be 
"underground" would it be more properly called a BUG (Beverage 
UnderGound) antenna. 

Bill Harms

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