[RTTY] Topband: Antennas in trees

[Bill Turner]

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On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:23:12 EST, Gedking at aol.com wrote:

>Any induced voltage induced in a metal tower is a short to ground,

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Not necessarily. It depends on the length of the tower in wavelengths.
At various frequencies the tower might look like a director, a
reflector, a resonant parasitic element, an open circuit or something
in between any of those. 

Your statement is much too broad to be accurate.

73, Bill W6WRT