The current thread reminded me a lot of this one Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach" (contesting.com) http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/2014-08/msg00048.html
I salivate every time I read such stories. I live on a nice Ridge, but nowhere even remotely close to salt water. The land here is undulating and very rocky. Almost no soil. I can tell you that for sure on 40m a vertical (w/ 2 gullwing radials parallel to the water) some 10-15' from the salt water works gangbusters. I only wish that I had a comparison antenna to give you a number. I am sure K5GO will do that comparison for you all some day. For sure the ZF9CW/ZF5T QTH is magical. Not only on 160m, but all the other bands as well. I had blast there in October for a week. 73 Mike VE9AA (ZF2AA for a moment in time) Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
