[TowerTalk] VERTICALS NEAR SALT WATER

[Mark - N5OT]

Sounds like there are better answers now than there were back when I was 
scratching my head in Belize.

I gotta say I loved that 300' dock, and it just seemed to play like 
magic.  But nobody would agree that it would play as well in any 
direction except straight out to sea.  The verticals were maybe a 
wavelength or two from the shore, but the USA was not in the direction 
back down the dock, it was just not over the open sea.  But there was 
probably 500-1000 feet of salt water in front of the antenna toward the 
USA.  According to today's comments, I had accomplished the goal but I 
didn't know it and was unsure.

I like these answers better, thanks, but alas I retired that station.

FYI one or two elevated radials per band, based on the real-life 
experiences of my friend Dave N2NL who was stationed in Key West for 3 
years and got to do some serious experimenting over a long period of time.

73 - Mark N5OT


On 7/14/2020 11:26 AM, sawyered at earthlink.net wrote:
> Don't confuse "verticals near salt water" with "verticals OVER salt water".
> N5OTs example is a vertical over salt water with a few wave lengths in all
> directions of exceptional salt water plane.  The typical installation is at
> the edge of the beach so 50% is over salt water and the other 50% is over
> whatever the ground condition is behind (which can vary greatly).
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> South facing property is never the ideal in the Carib.  It's the N - NNE
> corner that is desired.  Then the saltwater magic is all in the desired
> directions.
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> Ed
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