On Thu 30 Jul Bill Frantz wrote: > Steve Stearns, K6OIK has a article in the latest QST about the > effect of trees on 160M vertical antennas. It reads like it is > the first in a series about the effect of trees on antenna performance. > > It also mentions Jim, K9YC who has some direct experience, > living in a coast redwood forest.
I tried operating on a summit covered by a timber plantation; lots of tall fairly straight trees fairly regularly spaced. A friend operating at the same time from a short distance away near the edge of the plantation, and using an 817 and a dipole, made rather more contacts than I did... -- 73, Rick, M0LEP (KX3 #3281) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
