Some good stuff from Team Vertical's Jamaica Beach Contest Experiences:
http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/tests.html
http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/whyvert.html
http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/learning.html
Sincerely, Pat Barthelow aa6eg@hotmail.com
http://www.jamesburgdish.org
Jamesburg Earth Station Moon Bounce Team
http://www.cq-vhf.com
>From: k4tmc@aol.com
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater
>tosee any benefit
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:26:36 -0400
>
>
>There were some articles in NCJ last year, or maybe the year before,
>about using antennas near saltwater. Interesting reading.
>
>73,
>Henry - K4TMC
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: john@kk9a.com
>To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
>Cc: jknodel@msn.com
>Sent: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 9:06 pm
>Subject: [TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater
>tosee any benefit
>
>You are way too far away from the salt water to have enhanced radiation
>below the Pseudo Brewster angle.
>
>John KK9A
>
>
>
>To: Tower Forum <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater
>tosee
>any benefit?
>From: Jon M Knodel
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:11:54 -0700
>List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
>
>Here is my question - Just how close does a vertical have to be to
>saltwater
>to
>see any benefit over typical ground? We all know that a vertical over
>saltwater is excellent, but I want to know if it would be much of a
>benefit
>to
>put one up at my location.
>
>I am located on a peninsula and my qth is about 1.25 miles from the
>ocean to
>the west and about 0.5 miles to a saltwater bay to the east. Our soil
>is
>100%
>sand and typically have a very high ground water table. Would this
>proximity
>to saltwater give me any benefit over a station without any saltwater
>around
>anywhere with the same vertical antenna? Or would it take the same
>vertical
>installed DIRECTLY over saltwater to see any benefit from the
>saltwater?
>Any
>thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Jon N7XW
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