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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On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Ed <navydude1962@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@kk9a.com> <john@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@contesting.com>
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Beverages near the seawater ???
> > From: "Douglas Ruz / CO8DM" <co8dm@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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