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Re: [TowerTalk] ground and conductivity

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ground and conductivity
From: n4gi@tampabay.rr.com
Reply-to: n4gi@tampabay.rr.com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:28:56 -0500
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> >--- Bryan W5KFT <w5kft@nts-online.net> wrote:

> >>Is the additional conductivity worth the hassle for installation
> >>above a LARGE body of fresh water?
> >>Trying to figure out if its worth it to use Lake Buchanan, Texas (8
> >>miles wide, 35 miles long)

> >>Bryan W5KFT

No.  

In college, a group of us put a 600+ foot beverage (mostly) over the corner of 
a large lake for a 160 contest.  It was a huge PITA, and it didn't hear as good 
as one next to it on the dirt.  Roosting birds broke the wire within a day or 
two.


73,
Blake N4GI



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