[TowerTalk] Vertical in pond

[Dan Brown]

Gentlemen,
 
As a commercial boadcaster running a AM station, KPGE, I would give anything to be located in a swamp.  As I travel around and see stations located in swampy areas I am green with envy.  For AM stations the ground system in a wet environment gives us an advantage for coverage.
 
KPGE-AM is located with it's radial system in a bone dry desert environment..  When it rains our coverage area increases dramatically.  So much so that the previous owner put in a drip system over the radial field.  The cost of water in the desert made him stop.  If the town ever makes me move the AM, we have chosen a site next door to the towns sewer ponds.  Being next to the sewer ponds would be an upgrade over the present location.
 
As a DXer our locations at 8Q7AA in the Maldives, XZ0A on a island off of Burma, and at 9M0M on Sprately, have convinced me that "Verticles on the Beach" are the only way to go.  
 
Dan   NA7DB 

--- On Tue, 3/17/09, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:


From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical in pond
To: "'NE6V'" <NE6V at roadrunner.com>, towertalk at contesting.com
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 9:45 PM


Fish Fry!  Whoopee! 

Everything looks better with a big vertical in the middle of it right!


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-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of NE6V
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:38 PM
To: Richards; Towertalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical in pond

we have a pond here and talk about minerals, if you take your handy dandy
mineral test kit out you'd be very surprised what is in there, its a
constant fight to keep the water just right for our koi. But this has given
me a great idea, I'll try a vertical from the middle of the pond. We are
having it completely rebuilt and it will be much larger...maybe I should lay
some radials under it and out from its sides...
ne6v
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richards" <jruing at ameritech.net>
To: "David Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical in pond


> It seems to me that electrolytes need not always be from salt.
>
> Electrolyte:  A chemical compound that ionizes when dissolved or 
> molten to produce an electrically conductive medium.
>
> Could a fresh water pond have sufficient minerals dissolved in it to
> be helpful?    Even if not salt in the water, I think it could be useful
> in the same way.
>
> ===================  Richards - K8JHR  ===============
>
> David Thompson wrote:
>
>> I have worked PY3CEJ in Brazil several times on 160 and he almost 
>> always the loudest station in that part of the world.  He has a big 
>> vertical in the middle of a small lake.
>>
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