[TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater tosee any bene

[Pat Barthelow]

Some good stuff from Team Vertical's Jamaica Beach Contest Experiences:


http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/tests.html

http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/whyvert.html

http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/learning.html


Sincerely, Pat Barthelow     aa6eg at hotmail.com
http://www.jamesburgdish.org
Jamesburg Earth Station  Moon Bounce Team
http://www.cq-vhf.com

>From: k4tmc at aol.com
>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater 
>tosee any benefit
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:26:36 -0400
>
>
>There were some articles in NCJ last year, or maybe the year before,
>about using antennas near saltwater.  Interesting reading.
>
>73,
>Henry - K4TMC
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: john at kk9a.com
>To: TOWERTALK at contesting.com
>Cc: jknodel at msn.com
>Sent: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 9:06 pm
>Subject: [TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater
>tosee any benefit
>
>You are way too far away from the salt water to have enhanced radiation
>below the Pseudo Brewster angle.
>
>John KK9A
>
>
>
>To: Tower Forum <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater
>tosee
>any benefit?
>From: Jon M Knodel
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:11:54 -0700
>List-post: <mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
>
>Here is my question - Just how close does a vertical have to be to
>saltwater
>to
>see any benefit over typical ground?  We all know that a vertical over
>saltwater is excellent, but I want to know if it would be much of a
>benefit
>to
>put one up at my location.
>
>I am located on a peninsula and my qth is about 1.25 miles from the
>ocean to
>the west and about 0.5 miles to a saltwater bay to the east.  Our soil
>is
>100%
>sand and typically have a very high ground water table.  Would this
>proximity
>to saltwater give me any benefit over a station without any saltwater
>around
>anywhere with the same vertical antenna?  Or would it take the same
>vertical
>installed DIRECTLY over saltwater to see any benefit from the
>saltwater?
>Any
>thoughts would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>
>Jon N7XW