Sounds like there are better answers now than there were back when I was
scratching my head in Belize.
I gotta say I loved that 300' dock, and it just seemed to play like
magic. But nobody would agree that it would play as well in any
direction except straight out to sea. The verticals were maybe a
wavelength or two from the shore, but the USA was not in the direction
back down the dock, it was just not over the open sea. But there was
probably 500-1000 feet of salt water in front of the antenna toward the
USA. According to today's comments, I had accomplished the goal but I
didn't know it and was unsure.
I like these answers better, thanks, but alas I retired that station.
FYI one or two elevated radials per band, based on the real-life
experiences of my friend Dave N2NL who was stationed in Key West for 3
years and got to do some serious experimenting over a long period of time.
73 - Mark N5OT
On 7/14/2020 11:26 AM, sawyered@earthlink.net wrote:
Don't confuse "verticals near salt water" with "verticals OVER salt water".
N5OTs example is a vertical over salt water with a few wave lengths in all
directions of exceptional salt water plane. The typical installation is at
the edge of the beach so 50% is over salt water and the other 50% is over
whatever the ground condition is behind (which can vary greatly).
South facing property is never the ideal in the Carib. It's the N - NNE
corner that is desired. Then the saltwater magic is all in the desired
directions.
Ed
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