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>I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but salt water does NOTHING to enhance >a horizontally polarized signal (well, almost nothing, maybe about 0.1 dB >advantage per the models). The only advantage of being close to salt water >in this case would be no noise sources in that direction, and a pretty view. Not easy for me to accept. I live on a peninsula, about 220' ASL, with salt water about 2 miles to my west and 3 miles to my east. My buddy lives 20 miles away, 50' ASL on the east side of a small island, with his tower about 100' from the shore line, and nothing but salt water for 20 miles from 330 degrees to 150 degrees azimuth. We have identical 50' towers and modest (nameless) trapped tribanders, similar 6 and 2 meter antennas, and similar wire antennas for 160 - 40 meters. On all bands, 160 to 2 meters, he is consistently able to work stations that I can hardly hear. I'd guess the difference to be in excess of 6 db. At no time do I have an advantage, so we have ruled out the usual propagation variables (small footprint, etc). On HF, I'm using an FT-990 and he's using an FT-1000D, both barefoot. He's been active at this location for a year, but we've been wrestling with the airwaves for over 30 years, and like to think we know what we're doing. I hope my new soon-to-be-erected Force 12 antenna will recover a db or so. VE7XF -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force 12 Web site: http://www.qth.com/force12 Submissions: send to Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe: send a blank e-mail to Force12Talk-leave@qth.com Force12Talk Message Archive: http://www.qth.com/force12/list/force12talk For problems with the list, contact force12@qth.com |
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