Gentlemen,
As a commercial boadcaster running a AM station, KPGE, I would give anything to
be located in a swamp. As I travel around and see stations located in swampy
areas I am green with envy. For AM stations the ground system in a wet
environment gives us an advantage for coverage.
KPGE-AM is located with it's radial system in a bone dry desert environment..
When it rains our coverage area increases dramatically. So much so that the
previous owner put in a drip system over the radial field. The cost of water
in the desert made him stop. If the town ever makes me move the AM, we have
chosen a site next door to the towns sewer ponds. Being next to the sewer
ponds would be an upgrade over the present location.
As a DXer our locations at 8Q7AA in the Maldives, XZ0A on a island off of
Burma, and at 9M0M on Sprately, have convinced me that "Verticles on the Beach"
are the only way to go.
Dan NA7DB
--- On Tue, 3/17/09, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical in pond
To: "'NE6V'" <NE6V@roadrunner.com>, towertalk@contesting.com
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 9:45 PM
Fish Fry! Whoopee!
Everything looks better with a big vertical in the middle of it right!
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-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of NE6V
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:38 PM
To: Richards; Towertalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical in pond
we have a pond here and talk about minerals, if you take your handy dandy
mineral test kit out you'd be very surprised what is in there, its a
constant fight to keep the water just right for our koi. But this has given
me a great idea, I'll try a vertical from the middle of the pond. We are
having it completely rebuilt and it will be much larger...maybe I should lay
some radials under it and out from its sides...
ne6v
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richards" <jruing@ameritech.net>
To: "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical in pond
> It seems to me that electrolytes need not always be from salt.
>
> Electrolyte: A chemical compound that ionizes when dissolved or
> molten to produce an electrically conductive medium.
>
> Could a fresh water pond have sufficient minerals dissolved in it to
> be helpful? Even if not salt in the water, I think it could be useful
> in the same way.
>
> =================== Richards - K8JHR ===============
>
> David Thompson wrote:
>
>> I have worked PY3CEJ in Brazil several times on 160 and he almost
>> always the loudest station in that part of the world. He has a big
>> vertical in the middle of a small lake.
>>
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