> W4ZV:
>
>> While salt water is definitely good for verticals, but it
>> doesn't help horizontally polarized antennas like Yagis.
>
>
> Not true. Even horizontally polarized antennas gain from the salt water.
> Besides enhancement from the ground, reflection conditions in the immediate
> vicinity of the array, signals at the salt water edge are enhanced regardless
> of polarization.
EZNEC shows minor improvement for horizontal polarization over
salt water but it's at high angles...not low angles as is the case for
vertical polarization. At 14 degrees TOA, there's a 0.51 dB
advantage, at 7 degrees a 0.26 dB advantage, at 3.5 degrees a 0.16 dB
advantage. The reason for this is that ground conductivity has less
reflectivity effect as the incidental angles become very low.
Isn't this discussion déjà vu of déjà vu?
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-01/msg00022.html
73, Bill W4ZV
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