In a message dated 4/5/2009 1:03:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> A few weeks ago, I posted an e-mail on how in dozens of side by side
comparisons my single 40-m. 1/4 wave vertical near saltwater worked at
least as
well, if not better, than a new Cushcraft XM-240 Shorty-Forty at 90' in all
directions the vertical looks over saltwater: Europe, Africa, and South
America.
Computer modeling indicated that the Shorty Forty should have about a 10dB
advantage over the vertical with saltwater.
W7RM (SK) who was on the leading edge of big station building and was on
a beautiful bluff with a 300 degree saltwater shot always said anecdotally
that saltwater was worth 10 dB by itself.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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