Re: [TowerTalk] Beverage Antenna

[Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>]

On Tue,2/3/2015 5:39 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
> That is the essence of my interest in the effect of having some 
> parallel grounded conductors (5 strand barbed wire fence with steel 
> posts) a short (TBD) distance below the beverage antenna. I'm curious 
> to know if the fence would act similar to good conductivity dirt WRT 
> Beverage performance.
NO!  Beverages work because of the DIFFERENCE between the 
characteristics of propagation above the earth and in the earth.
73, Jim K9YC

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