Topband: salt the ground?

[John K9UWA]

Subject:        	Re: Topband: salt the ground?
From:           	Richard <2@mail.vcnet.com>
To:             	<k2hk@arrl.net>, " topband" <topband@contesting.com>
Date sent:      	Tue, 16 Jul 2002 06:19:59 -0700

> /  Howard -- Water has a dielectric constant of c. 79 whether it is 
> salted or pure, so for RF purposes, a freshwater marsh conducts as well as
> a saltwater marsh. 
> 
> -  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
> www.vcnet.com/measures.  

Question then as to why in AO-6 program that a vertical exibits lower
take off angle as well as greater gain using 81,5000 Salt Water vs 80,1 
for fresh water?.....It is a Nec2 based program I believe.....is it the program
that is wrong or what?......
thanks
John k9uwa

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