I am moving to a home situated on a hilltop. Nearest same height hilltop or higher is about 1 miles away. The home is surrounded by dense (typical New England Forest) 80' high hardwood and fir trees
Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 19:58:46 -0400
To a hilltop? I wouldn't worry too much about the tree tops. They'll be more than compensated for by the hill top. Do yourself a favor and run the HFTA program that comes with the ARRL antenna book.
I don't think you will see much impact on HF, but the foliage losses can become a factor as you up into VHF, UHF, and beyond. Also, at HF, you're rarely trying to pull signals out of the noise floor.
On Tue,10/6/2015 4:51 PM, K1JOS wrote: I am moving to a home situated on a hilltop. Nearest same height hilltop or higher is about 1 miles away. The home is surrounded by dense (typical New England F
My 80M loaded vertical is about 10 feet from the closest pine tree. It starts at about 9 feet above ground and runs straight up to 70 feet. In the middle of the vertical element there is a small load
I agree that trees likely have little impact at HF. Some trees may react differently others and it may also vary with the seasons. This is not something that can be easily noticed. Since we have to w