Only one data point and admittedly anecdotal: My team and I had a mobile troposcatter site on the coast of what was then South Vietnam. We were on a sand dune and had a GRA-4 fan dipole for our HF in-country and unit nets [KWM-2A]. Typhoon comes thru, blows down the dipole [and our tents], and covers the wires [and all our gear and us] with sand. TJ wipes down the KWM-2A's, turns them back on, and our HQ is calling us. He answers, and gets a "good and readable".
So, at least once, a wire antenna seemed to work fine buried under 15-30cm of sand. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org On 6/12/2011 11:31 AM, Mike Morrow wrote: > There are a number of documents that describe the U.S. Army in Vietnam > using the hand-crank-generator-powered, all vacuum tube, Morse only, > 10-watt AN/GRC-109 HF station with a buried antenna. Here's a description > of a long-wire antenna in bambo tubes, 18 inches below ground: ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
