Depends upon frequency... For 160/80/40 meters the change is going to be
minimal, unless there are significant salts in the dirt... These signals
penetrate many feet into normal soil... Having the top foot being more or
less wet is insignificant...
Again, make a test dipole, check the impedence/resonance while laying on
relatively dry soil, then put the lawn sprinkler to it and recheck... The
change will be minimal... And, the change in near field loss will also be
minimal...
Denny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherrill WATKINS" <SEWATKINS@dgs.state.va.us>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>; <cherry@neta.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] wire antennas.
>
> Jim: Your long wire should work better when the ground is wet than dry.
> Where I had my wire antenna, the ground stayed damp or wet all
> the time, so ground losses did not change. - 73's- Corn -k4own.
>
>
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