I agree. I have my tower in a woods with large oak trees all around. My
antennas are with in 15 to 20ft of and below the trees and I get excellent
results. I'm more worried about one of the large oaks falling over and
hitting the guy wires.
73 Steve W8GAZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Fisher - W4AN <w4an@contesting.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 9:06 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Trees & Attenuation
>
>
>I doubt any number of trees affects your HF signal. Most of my antennas
>are well below tree tops and they have all proven to be potent. All but
>one my 10 meter antennas beam directly in to trees, just a few feet from
>the antennas. The only one that doesn't is at 120' and I rarely find it
>to be the best antenna on any path this year.
>
>73
>
>Bill, W4AN
>
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