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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