Topband: Last Ditch

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>Hi All,
>
>> Since time immemorial conventional wisdom has it that trees do not
>> interfere with radio.  This is what the ARRL has been putting in the
>> books for years, and this is the way it should be.
>
>I really haven't seen much one way or another in except in 
>microwave discussions. Lewallen (W7EL) and I have discussed 
>this at length, and we both concluded there was no real data one 
>way or another.  
>
//  Tree sap contains water and minerals.  My guess is that living trees 
absorb RF.  
> ... ...
cheers

-  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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