Merv Schweigert wrote:
>>In the case of the recent FW operation, I believe that the
>>antenna would have worked better if it was standing in
>>the water -- perhaps as much as 3 dB better. That could
>>have made the difference for you!
>>
>>
>>
>This is proven every day here in KH6, there are a couple of stations that
>are "mobile" and set up antennas at the beach, one for instance uses a
>half wave end fed. His signal and reports are always much better than
>mine where I am about a KM from water. I also have up a half wave
>on HF bands and it works well, but nothing like if its at the
>waters edge. I think ON4UN or one of the antenna books has a plot
>of the antenna over regular ground, excellent ground and salt water,
>there is at least 3DB over excellent ground and up to 6db over regular
>ground.
>If your on an expedition get to the waters edge, you wont need a
>beam and save the packing and shipping. Vertical in water will
>do as well. Merv KH7C
>
>
>
Whenever an expeditions is loud and easy to work I figure they have an
antenna seetup close to the saltwater. The ones that are hard to hear
(given the same path direction and distance) I always figure are running
a low dipole or a vertical inland from the water.
Mike W4EF...................
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