Re: [IRCA] ALA 100 and related thoughts

["Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Chris/Nick:  I have emailed Kevin S about using the crate loop, sans
> varicap, as a BOG "wire compressor" (for lack of better term).  While my
> original example would not fit in a 50'x60' backyard, I guess that it
> could be scaled down.  My original example used 50' feet of wire on the
> ground, fed into one end of the crate loop, then another 50' out of the
> backside of the crate, attached to another 50' section, hooked to
> another crate loop, then another 50' section, which would be terminated.
> You would wind up with a 400' "wire equivalent" BOG in the space of
> 150'.  He stated that it might work and he said that he has a slinky
> longwire in his attic that works on the same principle.  I have also saw
> a slinky EWE antenna that looks unique.

I've considered trying a BOG in a shortened fashion.  Run the wire in a
zig-zag back and forth about 3' per "zig".  Probably easier if some pegs
were put in the ground to make a form.  Kind of like:

(coax
end)/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\(termination)

If we *ever* get rid of this miserable snow, I may try it.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI


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