Re: [IRCA] Legalized Bevereges

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK since a 100 ft straight mini BOG is out of the question, and your bends 
will destroy the directivity anyhow and make it rather random, you may just 
want to run the wire thru the trees in that big loop around your lot. I had 
a pie shaped lot when I lived in San Diego in the 80's and that worked fine 
and I'd phase on end of the wire vs the other end to do my nulling.

Desk top small loops null at 90 degree angles to their main pick up and are 
not going to do well when the difference in bearings is about 180 degrees 
between the DX and pest. As an example, with a phased wire setup you should 
be able to phase null WBBM west of you to hear CFDR east of you. Sure, stuff 
from the south will come in, but there's not anything really strong on 780 
at night near Detroit from the south, AFAIK, and you should be able to get 
CFDR on good nights thru whatever R.Coro et al QRM may be present.

However, if you null WBBM with the loop, you'll null CFDR quite a lot also, 
and the loop's wide main beam will be directed southerly and I'd expect R. 
Coro.

73 KAZ

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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Legalized Bevereges


> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:53:16 -0400, Russ Johnson wrote
> > I have turns and bends in mine.  You have to go with what you've
> > got!   Mine are usually in the 5' above ground range but there sure
> > are a lot of people that enjoy great results with the on-ground
> > method.  At least you don't have to deal with them falling down!
>
> I agree with going with what you have. If I go straight from the east side
> of our house, I'll have 20 feet. If I go to the back of our propety, I 
> could
> squeeze in about 75'. But if I can go to the back corner of our pie shaped
> lot, do the 120 degree turn, then 200 feet would be no problem. And I have 
> a
> 500 foot and a 1000 foot spool of wire just waiting to be used.
>
> JM
>
> -- 73 de Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, MI -- Grid EN82 --
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