On 2014-12-21, at 12:23 PM, Roger D Johnson wrote: > I just drafted a reply to Mack's question delineating the problem I've had > with my > vertical arrays. After I sent the e-mail, an idea popped into my head. I > wonder if > my problems have to do with ground conductivity? The soil here in New England > is poor (2 mS) and beverages are known to perform well over poor ground. Dave, > W0FLS, has had good results with his 8 circle but he has substantially better > ground in Iowa (15 mS). > > Could those of you who have had better results with your vertical arrays than > with > Beverages let me know what your local ground conductivity is? If there is a > correlation, > I might see if putting down some radials will improve the situation. > > Thanks, Roger N1RJ
Hi Roger, Before the devastating ice storm of December 2013 here, I had a 1500' long Beverage aimed to South America, & a K9AY loop in the same direction: the loop would out-perform the wire 95% of the time, so I ended-up essentially listening on it, exclusively. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
