Topband: Vertical SWR Problems

Earl W Cunningham k6se at juno.com
Thu Dec 2 19:14:45 EST 2004


Steve, AA4V wrote:

"What about a salt water environment (like mine)? I am using two radials
suspended over the water from the end of my pier to land...not a 180"
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FWIW, I use only four 125-foot radials lying on top of the salt at the
salt lake bed (where the ground conductivity is better than sea water). 
With that ground system and the quarter-wave balloon-supported vertical,
the ground resistance measures only 2 ohms at 1825 kHz.

73, de Earl, K6SE


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