[Antennas] A floating Beverage?

[Micah Stevens]

Water will attenuate RF quite a bit, it's better a lower frequencies, but even 
an inch or so will hose the signal. I'm not familiar with a beverage antenna, 
but I'd assume it's just near water, not under it. 


On Monday 24 October 2005 12:47 pm, Lefczik, Larry D wrote:
> Just a wild idea-
> My property boarders on a small lake averaging 3-5 feet of fresh water.
> Sitting on the dock I look out over this vast openness and think there
> must be sum way to exploit it for radio antennas.  I have thought about
> stretching a long wire to use as a Beverage type antenna, but I don't
> want to hang boaters or ice skaters.  But, since the water is not salt
> water, hence, a dielectric, I got an idea of floating a wire just under
> the surface of the water by using floats every 3-4 feet.
>
> Am are way off base here?  I have an idea how a Beverage works, but have
> not studied it in depth.
>
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