The current thread reminded me a lot of this one
Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach" (contesting.com)
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00048.html
I salivate every time I read such stories. I live on a nice Ridge, but
nowhere even remotely close to salt water. The land here is undulating and
very rocky. Almost no soil.
I can tell you that for sure on 40m a vertical (w/ 2 gullwing radials
parallel to the water) some 10-15' from the salt water works gangbusters.
I only wish that I had a comparison antenna to give you a number. I am sure
K5GO will do that comparison for you all some day.
For sure the ZF9CW/ZF5T QTH is magical. Not only on 160m, but all the other
bands as well.
I had blast there in October for a week.
73 Mike VE9AA (ZF2AA for a moment in time)
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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