[Elecraft] K3 on motorboat.

[Jim Brown]

On 6/9/2020 3:13 PM, Barry wrote:
> I counsel inverted Vs as they are ground independent.

Not really -- the earth in the near field is lossy (including fresh 
water) and in the reflection from earth in the far field combines with 
the direct signal to produce the vertical pattern. Almost any horizontal 
antenna for 40M or lower that we can rig on a small boat will be a low 
one, so will be a high angle antenna, over fresh water, a lossy one. In 
general, verticals are better than than horizontal antennas over water, 
fresh or salt, because of the far field reflection, as long as a 
suitable counterpoise is provided.

73, Jim K9YC