Re: Topband: Signal attenuation from foliage near 160m antenna

["Bob Eldridge" <eldridge@direct.ca>]

 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
> believed for some time.
 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

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