Having used several "verticals on the beach" for three DXpeditions, we verified they work extremely well. This is because the pattern in the direction of the salt water goes to near the horizon, at l
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 02:54:48 -0500
I ask the following as a serious question. Given the verticals appear to work well in these instances, yet salt water is not a low a resistivity as copper radials, but it is "flat" compared to most l
You would need a pretty remote ocean front property for elevated radials. I used a minimal amount buried in the sand from a ZF2 beach home as to not create a trip hazard. You may loose a little effic
Author: krishna kumar via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 15:38:53 +0000 (UTC)
We did use the elevated radials for the 40m 4-sq in VU4KV and it worked very well.However, it will be a dog to tune, if it is a multiband vertical and the interaction betweenthe radials can be a pain
Does anybody have the ground properties for such flats? e.g. Black Rock Desert Playa in NV? I operated mobile there and got some amazing reports. The Playa is inundated in the winter, and totally imp