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Re: Topband: Vertical Antenna on a cliff above the Sea

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Subject: Re: Topband: Vertical Antenna on a cliff above the Sea
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 09:30:41 -0800
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On Thu,12/3/2015 4:07 AM, Robb Webb Proprietor of Robb Webb Photography wrote:
I live near a high cliff overlooking the sea. The cliff faces south, is a good 
100ft high and is made up of mud and clay that over the years has been 
collapsing into the sea.

N6BT, the excellent designer behind the original Force 12 antennas, has studied this extensively and gave a great presentation on the topic at Pacificon this fall. He showed that a vertical antenna at the edge of a bluff has a strong propagation advantage in the direction of the dropoff. The antenna still needs radials, just like any other vertical (other than a half wave).

73, Jim K9YC
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