I could never get my hiz 2-3 (3 element,4 directions) working on my small
quarter acre lot. Too close to trees, houses and antennas. Worked with
Lee for a long time trying. No luck. N3HEE
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From: Paul@PaulFerguson.us
To: topband@contesting.com
Cc: k7tjr@msn.com
Sent: 2016-11-14 9:49:58 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: FW: Hi-Z Around Trees
Lee,
Thanks for the guidance.
I plan to use 20-foot fiberglass tube with a wire down the center for
Hi-Z array elements. Would you expect sensitivity to nearby trees to be
about the same for these wire elements versus aluminum tube elements.
73,
Paul
K5ESW
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> Greetings Top-Banders, I have been away for a couple days, sorry for
> the late comments.
> The fact is, for me there is no definitive answer to the effect of
> trees on the Hi-Z arrays. I have made tests measuring phase shifts
> and amplitude changes with a variety of objects around these
> elements. My original thoughts after the tests were that any tree or
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