Topband: Radials in the pond..?

[Charlie Cunningham]

Well, my "submerged radials" worked well, years ago. Of course, it probably
helped that the lake had been treated with copper sulfate for vegetation
control!

:-)

Charlie, K4OTV

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tod
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 9:15 PM
To: Tom W8JI
Cc: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Radials in the pond..?

Party pooper !

73, Tod, K0TO

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On Aug 21, 2013, at 9:28, "Tom W8JI" <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:


> Generally, freshwater is like very poor dirt. As it gets contaminated with
certain impurities it can become better, but it is nothing even remotely
like salt water.
> 
> With so many radials that long, what you do with the last 30 feet, even on
half of them, won't matter much. Do whatever is easiest and best physically.
Cut them off, throw them in the water, bend them...it won't matter.
> 
> Of course if you want to impress people, run them into the water. Lot's of
people will think that is awesome and will talk about it. If you tell people
you are doing that on the air, you might even get better signal reports. :-)
> 
> But in real dull practical life, it really won't matter what you do with
them.
> 
> 73 Tom 
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