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Re: [TowerTalk] Not QUITE a tower

To: Bob Nielsen <n7xy@clearwire.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Not QUITE a tower
From: Jack Brindle <jackbrindle@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:09:15 -0700
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My apologies for that last email. While it was true, I hit the wrong  
button and it was NOT supposed to be sent.

Jack Brindle, W6FB

On Oct 13, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:

> In addition to Towertalk, I am aware of two antenna lists:
>
> antennaware@contesting.com
> antennas@mailman.qth.net
>
> I don't have any quantitative data, but suspect that at such a
> distance you would definitely see a difference from the effects of
> salt water vs. a normal earth ground.  Maybe I am just lucky, but the
> performance of my roof-mounted AV-640 vertical, which is ~200 ft from
> salt water (depending on the tide) greatly exceeds my expectations.
>
> Bob, N7XY
>
> On Oct 13, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Charlie Gallo wrote:
>
>> Not sure if there is an antenna list, but...
>>
>> Any idea how close to salt water a vertical dipole array has to be
>> to work well?  15-20 ft to the side and 5 ft up close enough?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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