How big is the lake?
How much salt would it take to make it a good ground?
Just a thought :-)
Didier KO4BB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Van Fair" <vfair@innova.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:10 PM
Subject: [allowed] [TowerTalk] freshwater ground.
It is well known that salt water is the best of all RF grounds for
verticals. Does anyone have any experience in trying to use a vertical
mounted on a dock in a fresh water lake. I live 200 feet out on a point in
a very large lake and 200 feet of coax would get me to the end of the 40
foot dock. Part of the dock is covered with a metal roof which might cause
some problems but would a 1/4 wave vertical for 75 meters with several
wires into the water provide an effective RF ground field? Anyone have any
thoughts or experience on this subject. . van
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