[Elecraft] Re: Fun QSO: 3000 miles, 1.5 watts, 4' whip, elevation delta 9998 feet

[wayne burdick]

On Sep 28, 2004, at 10:20 AM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:

> How far were you from the water, Wayne?  Something worth mentioning is 
> that performance of vertical antennas improves quite rapidly as you 
> get very close to salt water -- even few meters makes a difference.  
> The last time I went to a saltwater location (near Morro Bay, I think) 
> I set up a card table with my K2 on it with its legs actually in a 
> couple of inches of water!  I had a 16' vertical bungee-strapped to 
> one of the legs.  Conditions that day were absolutely atrocious, but I 
> did work a JA.

Good point, Vic. I thought about moving closer to the water, but "home 
base" (i.e., the family and beach blanket) were 100' from the water and 
that seemed like the place to be.

Wayne


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