Re: [TowerTalk] Beverages near the seawater ???

[Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>]

The issue near salt water is the depth and distance of salt water 
intrusion beneath "land".  Many (most?) coral atolls don't have fresh 
water springs indicating total intrusion.   So a Beverage over "dry" 
land may  be just a few more feet above salt water and not work so well, 
since land elevation might be 2 to 5' above high tide.
Other receive antennas, while some are not totally ground independent, 
are known to work ok in such situations.  I've and others on atolls and 
sandbars have used a DHDL with good results.
Grant KZ1W

On 3/20/2017 4:03 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> Sure, if you run them across the beach parallel to the salt water where the
> ground conductivity is high.
>
> John KK9A
>
> Sent from my Smartphone.
>
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Ed <navydude1962@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Beverages aren't supposed to work well near the water, or so I've read.
> >
> > > On Mar 20, 2017, at 03:51, <john@kk9a.com> <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Some antennas such as a Pennant are not ground dependant. However a
> > Beverage
> > > is so easy to build, why don't you try one?
> > >
> > > John KK9A
> > >
> > >
> > > To:    "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > > Subject:    [TowerTalk] Beverages near the seawater ???
> > > From:    "Douglas Ruz / CO8DM" <co8dm@frcuba.cu>
> > > Date:    Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:29:45 -0400
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We want to improve the RX on low bands in our contest station.
> > >
> > > Our contest QTH is near the sea...just few feets from the ocean.
> > >
> > > We think about the beverages but I have been reading that beverages near
> > the
> > > sea don't work very well.
> > >
> > > Maybe other RX antennas work better near the seawater.
> > >
> > > Any idea?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Doug, CO8DM
> > >
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