I had a vertical for 160 on a small peninsula in salt water. I ran the
radials into salt water in 4 directions and pushed aluminum tubing pieces
into the bottom in the salt water with the end of the radials clamped to
them. Awesome antenna on transmit. Fair on receive. Just need enough radial
length to get to the salt water.
Chuck W5PR
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, Gary K9GS <garyk9gs@wi.rr.com> wrote:
> I had an interesting discussion with a friend over the weekend and wanted
> to get some input from the TowerTalk community.
>
> Imagine a 1/4 wavelength wire hanging down from a tree with the bottom end
> attached to a post set into the salt water. The antenna wire would be 3 or
> 4 feet above the water. What should be done with the radial/counterpoise
> wires? Should those wires go into the water?
>
> Or imagine a similar hanging wire that has the bottom end attached to the
> top of a seawall. Again, the bottom of the antenna would be 3-4 feet above
> the water. Should the radials run on the ground parallel to the seawall or
> run into the water?
>
> A third situation would be a vertical antenna mounted at the end of a
> pier. Run the radials back toward shore along the pier or run all of the
> radials into the water?
>
> Finally, if the radials are in the water does it make any difference if
> the wire is insulated or not?
>
>
> --
> 73,
>
> Gary K9GS
>
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