Thanks for quick reply, Wolf!
But then propagation from a mf tx on a ship on sea should be worse then from
land?
Christian Groeger
wolf_dl4yhf <[email protected]> schrieb:
>Hi Chris,
>
>By coincidence, I just had to re-adjust the antenna for exactly that reason:
>
>The conductivity of water is better, but the 'tangens delta' (loss
>factor) of water as dielectric is much worse than that of ice.
>So the water "robs" energy in presence of an E-field, which the ice does
>not.
>Thus the losses around the antenna go up. Depends a lot of the greenery
>around the antenna.
>
>Cheers,
> Wolf DL4YHF .
>
>Am 01.02.2014 15:51, schrieb C. Groeger:
>> Hi all
>> How can one explain that ant current rises when soil is frozen?
>>
>> Conductivity of water should be much higher than that of ice.
>>
>> So earth resistance would be higher and the current should drop when soil is
>> frozen...
>>
>> 73, df5qg
>>
>>
>> Christian Groeger
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