On 10/13/2009 Mark Beckwith wrote:
>> Any idea how close to salt water a vertical
>> dipole array has to be to work well?
> I'm pretty sure the exhaustive series in the NCJ stated the benefit as a
> function of distance from the water expressed in wavelength, i.e. it's a
> function of frequency. Zero distance is best, and it drops off pretty fast
> as you get away from the water.
> Mark, N5OT
I figured it's some function of wavelength. Right mow I'm extremely antenna
limited, but can park oh, 10-15 ft from a salt water bay, with the water about
5 ft down on a seawall - setting up a nice "lunchtime vda" would be possible,
and depending on where I park, I can probably cover about 170- 180 total degs
(figuring both directions, and the curve of the bay)
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