Corn, here in AZ the ground is so dry it is very lossy.
When it rains the VSWR of my long wire changes.
The ground is more conductive when it rains.
Regards, Jim FitzSimons W7ANF
Sherrill WATKINS wrote:
>
> Dr. Jerry: I agree with your comments. However, based on my
> experience with open wire line on 80 and 40 meters, no such
> occurance ever happened during rain or fog; even with ice and snow
> on the transmission line and antenna. The only time I ever noted a
> change in the swr was when a storm broke the tree linb holding my
> antenna and one end fell about 20 feet. As a matter of fact, it was the
> strange swr reading (lower than the normal) that caused me to go
> outside and that is when I found the trouble. This was after I had
> several hours of qso's with one end of my antenna laying on the ground. -
> 73's - Corn- k4own.
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