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Hi Jerry.
Provided that you can get a good mechanical and electrical connection, that
actually should work. It's essentially using the same principle as
installing a mobile antenna on a car. Think of it this way. The Butternut
antenna is really only half of the antenna system. It needs something on
the ground side of the antenna to make up the other half of the
system. There are two ways you can go. Put in tuned radials which will
work very well on the frequencies for which they were cut. Or, put down a
large sheet or screen of metal and try to load the whole antenna against
it. If you have enough surface area, it will work.
The good news is that the swamp is a mixed blessing. While it makes it
harder to have a rugged installation, the swampy ground probably has better
conductivity than the types of soils found around here (mostly clay). That
good conductivity should give you a better signal.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 03:57 PM 7/13/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Lou, that is part of the problem, where I live in Southeast Louisiana is
>damn near in the swamp. I'll try the concrete and see where that gets
>me. I'll keep an eye on and see how it lasts in the ground and then
>add the concrete at a later date if I feel I need it. Someone told me
>that you could put down some chicken wire and that would act as radials,
>is this in fact true or are they just clowning? I don't really trust
>the source. You know, one of those that has done everything but
>nothing. He doesn't even have a license but says he has a friend that
>has a friend. Any way, I'll keep you all informed on how it goes.
>Thanks for the help.
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