[TowerTalk] Beverages near the seawater ???

[Douglas Ruz / CO8DM]

Hi,

Many thanks to all for thoughts about beverages near saltwater.

I will share my experience here. Will see what happen.

73 Doug, CO8DM


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Saviers" <grants2 at pacbell.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <co8dm at frcuba.cu>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Beverages near the seawater ???


> 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
>>
>> Sent from my Smartphone.
>>
>> 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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