Björn,
I would like to see your picture if you could send it to me. You are always
strong on 160 and now we know why.
For the verticals I have put up on a temporary basis very close to the water, I
am pleased with just two elevated radials. I tried radials on the ground and
in the water but as you and others have said, everything changes with the tide
and when the waves get big.
If anyone had a protected area to eliminate the waves and then something that
would float with copper sheeting on the bottom, that would be great! My
permanent antenna, a shunt fed tower, is not as close to the water (about 70
feet away) and I try to have a reasonably good ground radial system although
they are confined to 180 degrees since that tower is very near my property
line.
A salt water location makes it easy to have a big signal with a relatively
simple antenna. Of course it also causes some corrosion and weatherproofing
challenges that stations inland don’t have to worry about so much. Given a
choice, I’ll take the salty water.
73… Stan, ZF9CW
> On Dec 28, 2022, at 8:37 AM, Bjorn SM0MDG <bjorn@sm0mdg.com> wrote:
> Björn
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