Re: Topband: Blessed With Too Many Trees?

2013-01-02 Thread ZR
with ground systems there are no one size fits all rules. Carl KM1H - Original Message - From: "Mike Waters" To: "topband" Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Topband: Blessed With Too Many Trees? This is also the impression that I have.

Re: Topband: Blessed With Too Many Trees?

2013-01-02 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Mike Waters wrote: > This is also the impression that I have. I've read countless experiences > over the years that indicated that trees were no worry on HF. But then this > thread came along. > > I have no other antenna to compare it to, but a tall oak tree support

Re: Topband: Blessed With Too Many Trees?

2013-01-02 Thread Mike Waters
This is also the impression that I have. I've read countless experiences over the years that indicated that trees were no worry on HF. But then this thread came along. I have no other antenna to compare it to, but a tall oak tree supporting my 160m inverted-L seems to have little (if any) effect o

Re: Topband: Blessed With Too Many Trees?

2013-01-01 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > My take on the issue, which seems to agree with what science I've seen > published on the topic, is that vegetation, including tall trees, has little > if any effect at HF, but begins to show attenuation in the VHF range that > becomes increas

Re: Topband: Blessed With Too Many Trees?

2012-12-31 Thread Jim Brown
On 12/31/2012 8:02 AM, Wayne Willenberg wrote: The problem I may have is my house is located on about 21/2 acres of landscaped land that is surrounded by a forest in the remainder of the 5 acres. Hi Wayne, My QTH in the Santa Cruz Mountains is in a very dense redwood forest, and I've tried to

Topband: Blessed With Too Many Trees?

2012-12-31 Thread Wayne Willenberg
I am very fortunate that my home is located on 5 acres of land in the country. This make for a very low noise environment. The problem I may have is my house is located on about 21/2 acres of landscaped land that is surrounded by a forest in the remainder of the 5 acres. The forest consists of v