I spend time in winter on a 30' sail-boat in salt water.  Mast height about
40 ' .Lots of steel rigging and a Ally. . mast.. Can I expect miraculously
low 'ground'  resistance?. I'll just have to sail 3 miles offshore USA
unless 136 licences become more readily available. Why does 'Kite' keep
coming to mind?

Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Dennison <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: 05 August 2003 09:30
Subject: LF: Re: Radials

The site here is surrounded by cotton woods, birches and firs. This

evening

I put out  few 1/4Y radials, Yep some 550 meters in length each, but

theyve

done nothing/zilch to probably override the lossyness of this site to

local

flora and sometime fauna, but I had to try; Still 2-3 amps is 2-3 amps,

and

Im wondering how long it is before the beacon is heard somewhere.
Laurence KL1X/WD2XDW Anchorage

This test tends to confirm that what we call "earth losses" are often not
actually due to the resistance of the earth connection, but to absorption

by

vegetation, buildings and even hills. I once ran out a long radial - though
only 300m - and that did not improve my 100-ohm loss. It appears that the
site is of great importance, and there is a practical limit to the antenna
'gain' at any location. Factors such as height and ground covered by the
capacity hat are still worth improving if possible, though in many urban
areas these are limited by space and neighbours.

Mike, G3XDV
http://www.lf.thersgb.net
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