"Richard Clark" wrote (clip):
The "legendary" characteristic of Sea Water is found in its far field
reflective characteristic which is remarkable, due largely to its huge
SWR to fields (the same SWR that would occur with the supposed several
thousand ohms of soil).
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How does the statement above reconcile with the fact that groundwave daytime
signal strength is far better over a sea water path than any ground path?
There is (essentially) no returning skywave signal to reflect during
daylight hours.

Observe the daytime field strength contours shown on the link below for WABC
radio, for example.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin...atus=L&hours=D

RF