[TowerTalk] Beverages near the seawater ???

[Grant Saviers]

The issue near salt water is the depth and distance of salt water 
intrusion beneath "land".  Many (most?) coral atolls don't have fresh 
water springs indicating total intrusion.   So a Beverage over "dry" 
land may  be just a few more feet above salt water and not work so well, 
since land elevation might be 2 to 5' above high tide.

Other receive antennas, while some are not totally ground independent, 
are known to work ok in such situations.  I've and others on atolls and 
sandbars have used a DHDL with good results.

Grant KZ1W

On 3/20/2017 4:03 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Sure, if you run them across the beach parallel to the salt water where the
> ground conductivity is high.
>
> John KK9A
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> Sent from my Smartphone.
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> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Ed <navydude1962 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Beverages aren't supposed to work well near the water, or so I've read.
>>
>>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 03:51, <john at kk9a.com> <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Some antennas such as a Pennant are not ground dependant. However a
>> Beverage
>>> is so easy to build, why don't you try one?
>>>
>>> John KK9A
>>>
>>>
>>> To:    "Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
>>> Subject:    [TowerTalk] Beverages near the seawater ???
>>> From:    "Douglas Ruz / CO8DM" <co8dm at frcuba.cu>
>>> Date:    Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:29:45 -0400
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We want to improve the RX on low bands in our contest station.
>>>
>>> Our contest QTH is near the sea...just few feets from the ocean.
>>>
>>> We think about the beverages but I have been reading that beverages near
>> the
>>> sea don't work very well.
>>>
>>> Maybe other RX antennas work better near the seawater.
>>>
>>> Any idea?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Doug, CO8DM
>>>
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