[Antennas] A floating Beverage?

[Richard Brunner]

> 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 some 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. .....

Well, a Beverage antenna works best over poorly conducting ground, and 
can be on the ground.  Beverage originally laid a rubber insulated wire 
on the sand on Long Island.  I am guessing it will work, but not as well 
as on ground.  Also, it will work best at low frequencies.  It's an 
interesting experiment.  I have a 500 foot one which works fine, (heard 
SAQ on 17.2 kc.) and longer would probably be better.

Richard Brunner, AA1P