X-GM-THRID: 1246846798684106604 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.86.2.20 with SMTP id 20cs10855fgb; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.237.9 with SMTP id k9mr187128ugh.1189085768342; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id s7si1759588uge.2007.09.06.06.36.04; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) client-ip=193.82.116.20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) smtp.mail=owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1ITHP2-0002QY-22 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:28:12 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1ITHP1-0002QP-LI for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:28:11 +0100 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1ITHOx-0006wC-NR for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:28:11 +0100 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ACCBDA4DA for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:28:02 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:28:02 +0100 (BST) From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV X-X-Sender: gm4slv@lurcher.twatt.local To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: X-Mailer: PC-Pine MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: LF: BOG - Beverage on the Ground Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 575 Hi LF gang, In my sked last night with Finbar (best conditions for some weeks) we discussed mini-beverage antennas laid directly on the ground. I've done a Google trawl and there's a bit evidence that they work well. I have a need to keep things low-profile due to all the adjacent fields being used for sheep, so running a long (100-200m) wire on the ground is attractive. I could even run it outside the fenceline along the verge beside the road - I'm in a very rural area. Does anyone have any experience of using BOGs on 500kHz? John Gm4SLV