Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:43:31 +0000 (UTC)
Still assessing antenna options for the new station. One parcel has about 95 feet of ocean front facing south. Of course the idea of verticals comes to mind. Here is the issue. . If the vertica
Just to add, the salt water gets inland, underneath the soil, for some distance. So, even if you only see sand, underneath sand is salt water as well, at some deep, depending on multiple factors. 73,
Yeah, I think you're on the wrong side of the island for a beach vertical, the Pseudo-Brewster angles will only be filled toward the south. Hopefully there are no volcanic mountains to the north to b
Dude. Kindred souls - I worked up a station on Caye Caulker (I was V31NN for a while) but that is all gone now. I had the exact same questions and got the same answer as KK9A gave. QSOs back over th
What I can tell you is that my 40m vertical works very well in the directions where it is over salt water - about 240 degrees through 60 degrees. In fact modeling would indicate I would need a two el
One data point is worth a thousand opinions here. Try it, you may find the differences a non issue. And if they are, build an antenna for the other direction. 73' Mike K9MK Dude. Kindred souls - I wo
Modeling and DXpedition experience for verticals near the the tide line with 2 elevated radials show the gain towards the water is as much as 6.5dbi peak at few degree elevation angle. The pattern is
Don't confuse "verticals near salt water" with "verticals OVER salt water". N5OTs example is a vertical over salt water with a few wave lengths in all directions of exceptional salt water plane. The
Yes. and by how much? > And, how much would the directions to the NE and NW be affected. That depends on the soil. The effect of salt water is the greatly strengthen the first reflection from the ear
Sounds like there are better answers now than there were back when I was scratching my head in Belize. I gotta say I loved that 300' dock, and it just seemed to play like magic. But nobody would agr