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Re: [TowerTalk] trees as antennas

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] trees as antennas
From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:02:51 -0700
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HI Dan

Wouldn't that much wire radiate something??  How do you tell if the tree is 
radiating or just the coil.  73
Tom W7WHY



>> Many years ago, Electronics magazine had a picture of an experiment to
>> use a tree as a vertical antenna. The RF was coupled to the tree with an
>> air core toroid. It looked like a coiled spring, possibly 6 inches in
>> diameter,wrapped around the tree at about 3 or 4 feet above ground.
>
>
> Here's one online:
>
> http://w5jgv.com/tree_antenna/index.htm

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