On some of my wharf visits, I would attach a lug to the base of the hamsticks
with a long piece of braided copper wire soldered to it with metal washer and
other weights attached to the far end, thinking that I would increase the
saltwater ground coupling effect.
That really didn't pan out and
Don't forget to add a resistor, to avoid stadic building charge:
10Mohm or so
73 Boye
On 20-12-2022 03:17, GEORGE WALLNER wrote:
On boat you need to put a capacitor (22 nF or greater) in series with
the GND connection. That will stop DC from "melting" your sacrificial
anodes.
GW
On
Here in Pennsylvania propagation to Europe was almost nonexistent. Caribbean
was ok, but not great. I did have a period of time where propagation to the
Pacific Northwest was good. Regardless, I always enjoy the SP contest and
had a great time.
Sam(N3XZ)
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On boat you need to put a capacitor (22 nF or greater) in series with the
GND connection. That will stop DC from "melting" your sacrificial anodes.
GW
On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:27:59 -0700 Mark Schoonover wrote:
I did the same thing unfortunately all the sacrificial zincs disappeared in a few
Possibly Bouvet in January...
W4DNR
On 2022-12-19 7:17 pm, Brian D G3VGZ wrote:
One other situation, above large quantities of dry ice, Antarctica or
perhaps Greenland.
Frank W3LPL wrote:
Radials have no useful effect in improving low angle radiation, low
angle
radiation from vertical
One other situation, above large quantities of dry ice, Antarctica or
perhaps Greenland.
Frank W3LPL wrote:
> Radials have no useful effect in improving low angle radiation, low angle
> radiation from vertical antennas is determined almost entirely by highly
> conductive soil or salt water in
Soil conductivity plays a much bigger role than most of us realize and
the "over salt water" is the gold standard`. As noted by a few other
respondents radials are certainly helpful but for those of who live on
quartz plains (sand) far from the ocean the far field losses can not be
totally
I only deploy it when needed. I’m lucky to be able to put antennas up at all so
they go up on contest weekend Fridays and come down on Monday. I do leave the
ground hanging over the side and lower it into the water as needed to be used
with the insulated back stay.
It’s a balancing act doing
I did the same thing unfortunately all the sacrificial zincs disappeared in
a few months.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 16:18 W7TMT - Patrick wrote:
> I run an 80' high vertical on 160M from my sailboat in the saltwater of
> Puget Sound/Salish Sea near Seattle. After experimenting with a number of
>
In 1990 I was visiting Antigua (V2) for 2 weeks. I had a Butternut HF6V
with 160 coil and I mounted it on a 3' piece of copper pipe in a
secluded part of the beach near the rocks about 2' above the waterline,
with about 30 short radials attached to it.
At some point in the middle of the
Hi Ignacy -
There's little hope that a vertical antenna hundreds of miles
from salt water can ever close the gap with an antenna built over
a salt marsh or within about a wavelength of salt water.
The purpose of radials is reduce losses in the power transfer
between a feedline and a vertical
I run an 80' high vertical on 160M from my sailboat in the saltwater of Puget
Sound/Salish Sea near Seattle. After experimenting with a number of different
saltwater connections I've simplified it to a single piece of 1/2" dia. copper
pipe 10' long and tapped in the middle. I hang it
Do more radials on a 160m vertical bring more improvements than shown
by simulation?
Most simulations, e.g. by EZNEC, show that going above 32 radials on 160m
brings minimal improvement, say 1 db to 2 max. Even for low angle signals.
On the other hand, some really loud stations on 160m, that
If the antenna stands in the salt-water or if you have a short, low
impedance connection to the water, you don't need radials.
During the VK9WWI DXpedition to Willis Islets, we installed a vertical on a
sand spit that was covered by water most of the time. We had 12 radials of
various lengths a
> Ideal is if you can run some RG58 out to the beach and plunk it next to the
> water. Also use 4 radials there.
> Enjoy.
> Ed N1UR
Ed's comment reminds me of the AM broadcast band vertical antennas
mounted on concrete foundations located in the back-waters of San
Francisco Bay -- directly atop
Hi
George
I have heard your signal confidently and have called many times. But all
I heard from you was CQ CQ CQ
---
I have not heard stations from the U.S. (except K1KI and W1UE - very
quiet + QSB). There were no conditions.
---
Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua
GEORGE
I was operating /MM from St. Martin (FK88) and both the NA and EU stations
were weak. OK2CF, who is normally a solid S7 in FL was barely above the
noise. Conditions were either very poor or everybody was in the QRP
category. The only strong signals were form the Virgin Islands.
73,
George,
I came on about 4 times during the night, but propagation this side of the
pond was really poor.
NA Stations that are normally over S9 were around S5 . . . so couldn't hear
weaker signals at all. Even Europeans weren't very strong.
I did mange to work 16 NA stations, including Colorado and
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