[TowerTalk] antennas in water

[Jan Erik Holm]

Too much speculation here and totally wrong.

D4B was up on a mountain, far above the ocean, D4C is
at same QTH right now you can check the web site.

CN2R is not close enough to the ocean, looks like it´s
about 1 - 1.5 mile to the water, I have been there
myself and the ocean isn´t even close. Yes he has a
rotary dipole for 160 but also phased verticals.

73 Jim SM2EKM
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Michael Tope wrote:
> Jon,
> 
> I am convinced you are correct. If I am not mistaken when Alex 4L5A/D4B 
> was contesting from Cape Verde, he ran a horizontal wire yagi 
> (inverted-V elements) on 160 meters from a bluff overlooking the 
> Atlantic ocean. I remember sending him an email congratulating him on 
> having an S9 +20dB signal in Southern California. He replied that his 
> effort was disappointing since his amplifier had broken and he was only 
> running 100 watts. I nearly fell out of my chair after reading this. I 
> always got the feeling that Alex was an above board guy, so that when he 
> said that he was running 100 watts, he meant it.
> 
> I think W7EJ/CN2R runs a rotatable dipole on 160 at 150' from his 
> oceanside location with similarly impressive results. Then there was 
> ZL8R on Kermadec with the dipoles high in the tall trees on a bluff 
> overlooking the ocean. They were S9+ in Southern California on 160  just 
> running 100 watts.  I know this is anecdotal, but  other than corrosion, 
> I don't think having an HF antenna close to an ocean beach is ever a bad 
> thing.
> 
> 73, Mike W4EF.........
>