That would be an interesting configuration to model in the manner that
Jim Lux suggested (using a set of resistive wires to simulate the tree),
but I'm pretty sure that the losses would be significant if the tree
itself was indeed lossy. Normally the fields inside a closed structure
are minimal, but that's because (unless I am mistaken ... which is
entirely possible) the E-fields generated by current through the various
wires/surfaces repel each other. If you put a lossy medium in the
middle they get absorbed before they repel each other.
I'm guessing that would be the second worst way to use a tree as far as
efficiency is concerned. The worst would probably be to bore a long
hole down the center of the trunk and run the wire through it.
Stealthy, yes ... efficient, no.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 12/28/2011 1:41 PM, Dan Schaaf wrote:
> What happens if you make the vertical as a cage of vertical wires around the
> tree ? Joined at the top and joined and fed at the bottom. The tree is in the
> center of the cage.
>
> Cage wire antennas seem to have a broad bandwidth. But what happens to the
> tree losses when the tree is caged ?
>
>
> Best Regards
> Dan Schaaf
> K3ZXL www.k3zxl.com
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