Topband: Need advice

[k3bu at optonline.net]

> It has no purpose in real life. If the ground is typical 
> soil and the wire is laid on the ground for several hundred 
> feet (even insulated) it provides virtually no path at all 
> for RF signals. There is far too much distributed loss.
> 

Blank statement not valid and overturned by reality.
Long wire, aka Beverage on the ground works, it has lower signal levels but it collects RF signals. 
Done it, have run stealth Beverage on the street and it works and provides path to RF signals.

> If it did return the signals the antenna would simply quit 
> working as a Beverage. The signal from the return wire would 
> cancel the desired signals.
> 

So if it doesn't return the signals, why would it be problem laying the wire on the ground if it "does nothing"? Some problem with logic here.

> 
> 73 Tom


73 Yuri