Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] BOG made to a BUG

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have not done this, but some length of my permanent west BOGs are often 
under leaves, bark, mulch and other residue from trees and with no apparent 
ill effects. I suggest that you try to go down 1" if you want to make 
certain that it stays out of site since if only barely underground, animals 
and people stepping in the area could bring it to the surface. If possible 
compare signal levels and directivity with the wire on the ground vs buried. 
I suggest doing all tests in the daytime so signals are steady and 
directivity can be tested.

I appologize that I won't be making these tests myself, since most of my 
BOG's are on low cut grass and it would be lots of work to mess up my fields 
with even a shallow trench.

73 KAZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Harms" <wharms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mwdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
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Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:46 PM
Subject: [NRC-AM] 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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