{"id":407,"date":"2026-10-13T17:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/?p=407"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:27:23","slug":"rabbit-proofing-the-bogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/?p=407","title":{"rendered":"Rabbit proofing the BOGs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have had terrible time with rabbits chewing on my BOGs. In order to rabbit proof these antennas, I have replaced the original construction with 12 AWG two conductor wire (300&#8242; long), which is embedded in a 1\/2&#8243; split conduit:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13-16-28-53-736-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-406\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500114442664225;width:347px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13-16-28-53-736-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13-16-28-53-736-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13-16-28-53-736-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13-16-28-53-736-150x200.jpg 150w, http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13-16-28-53-736.jpg 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used electrical tape at several points to make sure that the wire cannot come out of the conduit split. I have a nice tool for putting the wire into the conduit which made the it easy! It would be hard to get the wire in there by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16-08-59-47-346-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-422\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500114442664225;width:139px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16-08-59-47-346-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16-08-59-47-346-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16-08-59-47-346-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16-08-59-47-346-150x200.jpg 150w, http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16-08-59-47-346.jpg 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is supposed to be Fall but it is still well over 90 F outside and humid. Not the best weather for antenna work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had terrible time with rabbits chewing on my BOGs. In order to rabbit proof these antennas, I have replaced the original construction with 12 AWG two conductor wire (300&#8242; long), which is embedded in a 1\/2&#8243; split conduit: I used electrical tape at several points to make sure that the wire cannot come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham_radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aa6kj.hopto.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}