The great Arctic King is built right on the edge of the sea.
This accounts for his extremely strong signal and low angle of radiation towards more than half of the horizon.
In addition, the salt water impregnates the ground around the King and ensures excellent ground conductivity and very low ground losses.
I would like to clarify that the Arctic King is only used for transmitting – I receive with an array of Beverage antennas ranging from 170 meters to 400 meters long in various directions.
I would also like to clarify that the downward angles of the top radial wires and the in-land angle as well, were dictated by the shape of the small peninsula that the Arctic King is built on and on the availability of large wooden poles.
Slightly better performance would have resulted if it had been possible to have the top radials horizontal and in-line.
Such poles are not easy to come by in Iceland, in fact the King – the 27m pole – is the largest pole in Iceland.
The Beverage antenna pointing towards Japan is the shortest Beverage in my arsenal – 170 meters long.
I intend to build a larger Beverage towards Japan to decrease the beam width and reduce the noise level even further.
