This subject has been discussed here plenty of times in the past, and the
consensus has always been that trees and other foliage near a 160m antenna
has a negligible effect on the transmitted signal. That's what I have
believed for some time.
This was discussed last month at
This subject has been discussed here plenty of times in the past, and the
consensus has always been that trees and other foliage near a 160m antenna
has a negligible effect on the transmitted signal. That's what I have
believed for some time.
In this case, K9LA was talking about two things:
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Mike Waters mikew...@gmail.com wrote:
This subject has been discussed here plenty of times in the past, and the
consensus has always been that trees and other foliage near a 160m antenna
has a negligible effect on the transmitted signal. That's what I have
I live on several acres that is a watershed area with a relatively high fresh
water
table.
Almost all of the land is densely populated with trees and some ranging up to
a 100' or more.
For transmit antennas on 160, I have an inverted L that goes up to 85' with
30 elevated radials. And, I also
I *very much* appreciate the many replies to my post. I've known about the
effect of foliage at VHF and above for a long time, but I think I've just
learned something new and useful. :-)
Since the vertical portion of my inverted-L is over 10 feet from the tall
oak tree (and its leafy branches)
This subject has been discussed here plenty of times in the past, and the
consensus has always been that trees and other foliage near a 160m antenna
has a negligible effect on the transmitted signal. That's what I have
believed for some time.
This was discussed last month at
Subject: Topband: Signal attenuation from foliage near 160m antenna
This subject has been discussed here plenty of times in the past, and the
consensus has always been that trees and other foliage near a 160m antenna
has a negligible effect on the transmitted signal. That's what I have
Interesting study which suggests not placing a 160m vertical closer than 12' to
a tree, if feasible. There are certainly lots of vertical radiators working
well amongst towers. We won FD 4 years in a row using 5 watts to a random
vertical wire hoisted up the aluminum mast of a sailboat amongst
Subject: Topband: Signal attenuation from foliage near 160m antenna
Without doubt foliage has measurable effects on the antenna when it is
close to a voltage
point (speaking from experience with loops), so Carl's findings make good
sense.
Bob VE7BS
Detuning of low band mobile antennas
