Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach"

[Milt -- N5IA]

Yep, JC is correct.

VDA's for 20 through 10.  Oriented NE in the morning half of the day and NW 
in the 2nd half of the day.

4-squares on 30, both modes on 40, and 75 Meter SSB.

Single vertical on 80 CW.  All of these antennas were very close to the 
water's edge.

And a Titanex on the lagoon tidal plain for 160 M.  No room to install the 
radials on the sea side, so it was located approximately 100 feet from the 
lagoon water and approximately 450 feet from the north shore.

They all played extremely well.  Anyone desiring to see high resolution 
photos of any particular antenna setup can send me a private E-mail.

73 de Milt, N5IA,

aka VP6DX during the 2008 CQ 160 SSB contest which produced the 2nd highest 
score ever in this contest (D4B has the world record).  It won the world 
plaque that year; all from 24 degrees south latitude in the middle of the 
southern hemisphere summer and with the nearest continents 3,000 miles plus 
distant.  See http://cq160.com/records.htm for particulars.


-----Original Message----- 
From: JC
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 1:18 PM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach"

One excellent example of use  vertical  array for HF on the beach was VP6DX
Ducie Island 2008

http://ducie2008.dl1mgb.com/equipment/index.php

Fantastic performance and results.

N4IS
JC



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