- 1. Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: "KK9T" <kk9t@glis.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 08:43:07 -0400
- I am contemplating putting up a vertical in the woods on my property. The woods is really my only option as the property is heavily wooded with very little open space. I have a couple of concerns tha
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00053.html (8,187 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 11:04:04 -0400
- Tim, I don't think any reliable information documented anywhere could ever answer your questions with hard data. Information on effects of trees on low bands has been impossible to find. I wouldn't t
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00055.html (7,805 bytes)
- 3. Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Monahan" <K1PX@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:40:08 -0400
- Tim: Since 1990, I've lived at this location which is 7.5 acres of watershed property. Heavily wooded areas extend for considerable distances in all directions as this town is a rural community. The
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00057.html (8,794 bytes)
- 4. RE: Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: "John Kaufmann" <jkaufmann@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:12:43 -0400
- The new KC1XX 160m antenna system is installed in dense woods. To get an idea of the environment, take a look at some of the photos on the KC1XX Web site: http://www.kc1xx.com/antennas/160_array.pdf.
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00060.html (7,817 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:23:24 -0500
- Not exactly scientific, but the empirical evidence speaks volumes. Check out this guy's "tree antenna." http://www.qsl.net/kf4bwg/treeant.htm It seems to me that if the trees are a significant fracti
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00061.html (7,305 bytes)
- 6. Re: Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: "John Mitchell" <k4iq@att.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 06:07:02 -0400
- One data point - when W3YOZ ran some (informal) tests a few years ago, comparing performance of his vertical in the trees with the one in the open, he determined that performance was degraded signifi
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00062.html (9,141 bytes)
- 7. Re: Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:07:19 -0400
- Ford and all, The problem is people can say it is a tree radiating, when it isn't. Coax with a unshielded center conductor exposed hanging on the tree will excite the shield of the coax quite well w
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00063.html (9,522 bytes)
- 8. RE: Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: "Ragnar Otterstad" <otterstad@enter.vg>
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:16:24 +0200
- elevated radials. I noticed very little if any difference. After working VK0IR and lost interst in any possible losses ! hi 73 " RAG " Ragnar Otterstad LA5HE JW5HE OZ8RO located in Telemark - Home o
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- 9. Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: "Garry Shapiro" <garry@ni6t.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:30:18 -0700
- This is also anecdotal, but FWIW: I live in dense canyon of second-growth redwoood, a tree that stores a huge amount of water. Most of the trees are 130 to 160 feet tall (100 years old). My usual 160
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00068.html (8,488 bytes)
- 10. Re: Topband: Vertical in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: MarkWA1ION@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 19:29:48 EDT
- << I don't think any reliable information documented anywhere could ever answer your questions with hard data. Information on effects of trees on low bands has been impossible to find. In the late '6
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00098.html (9,489 bytes)
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