Jim, it seems to be a difficult subject for those who want to make a huge
case out of taking measurements as if this was a scientific undertaking
requiring a decade of reviews, papers, and the usual academia way of
wasting time.
Carl,
There isn't any reason to turn everything into something it clearly is not,
so you probably just don't understand what I am saying.
We ALL (or nearly nearly all) agree trees have an effect. But just having an
effect, all by itself, isn't very useful information to any of us for
anything.
I don't think many rational adults would disagree with the idea it would be
nice to have some reasonable idea how significant the effect is, or how much
worry it is. Few of us like to worry about insignificant things, and anyone
with any reasonable curiousity generally want to know "how much". How much
horsepower does a car have, how many years of smoking does it take to harm
us, how high can the SWR be before it causes a problem, how many radials do
we need, and how big a worry is that tree.
Those all seem like logical, reasonable, questions that many people would
enjoy having actual answers, rather than "It has an effect. I read it
somewhere. Next topic."
73, Tom
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