Topband: Beverage on Ice

[Eddy Swynar]

Hi Roger,

So very sorry to learn of your mobility issues there with that broken leg...!

Personal mobility---or, rather, the LACK thereof!---is something that I have come to know only all too well here, what with my dual knee replacements of 2013.

Just a personal thought, or two, from me here: I would think that that "...laid-atop-the-ice" antenna that you'e proposing would behave like a BOG antenna---and for that reason, I think I would rather have it insulated with plastic along its entire length, rather than relying solely upon an enamel coating to serve as its insulation.

Anyway, FWIW!

Stay warm, and RECOVER ASAP, Roger...

~73!~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ








On 2015-01-16, at 4:51 PM, Roger Parsons via Topband wrote:

> I know that Beverages on Ground have been discussed on a number of occasions, but:
> 
> I live on the shores of a reasonably large lake, and at this time of year it will be frozen to at least 2' and possibly 4' or 5' deep. I believe that ice is a pretty good insulator, so I wonder about the effectiveness of a wire just laid on the surface? It would be impossible to retrieve the wire in the spring so it would have to be fine enameled copper. Even that may not be very environmentally friendly? If the wire survived the first couple of days it would be frozen into the ice - it would be at risk from snow machines until that happened.
> 
> This is just speculation from enforced idleness - I cleverly managed to break my leg during a foolish last check of my receive antennas before Christmas - so I can't even get into the shack, let alone onto the lake. I was not very hopeful in any event that EP6T would be workable from here, but I am determined somehow to get there for K1N...
> 
> 73 Roger
> VE3ZI
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