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KD9SV Products RBOG Reversible Beverage-On-Ground Antenna Transformers

KD9SV Products RBOG Reversible Beverage-On-Ground Antenna Transformers are now available from DX Engineering. These new, upgraded RBOG feed-point transformer models are built with stainless steel hardware, F connectors and isolated-ground connections. They are corrosion resistant and sealed for many years of trouble-free use. They are fully-potted for ultimate protection from the elements.

H. H. Beverage described his "Wave Antenna" in the November, 1922 QST Magazine. It is a classic receive-only wire antenna with well-defined directional characteristics and time-proven performance. The natural evolution of the original Beverage antenna was to make it reversible. Reversible Beverages are like having two Beverage antennas occupying the same space.

But, like typical Beverage antennas, Reversible Beverage antennas need to be a few feet to several feet above ground for a run of a couple of hundred to several hundred feet In length. An adaptation of this Reversible receive antenna concept places the two-wire antennas directly onto, or slightly within, the ground. Known as a RBOG, or Reversible Beverage On the Ground, the effects of the earth modify these wire receive antennas so that they typically only need to be 160 to 200 ft. long for 160 meter band reception.

Just like standard Beverage and Reversible Beverage antennas, Reversible Beverage-On-Ground antennas exhibit very low noise and low signal level reception, but with very good signal to noise ratios. They lend themselves perfectly to low band applications using a high-quality receive preamplifier. They also require far less real estate for installation!

Make RBOG transformers one of the tools of your low-band receiving antenna system. Order your KD9SV Products RBOG Reversible Beverage-On-Ground Antenna Transformers from DX Engineering today!

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