Topband: Effect of trees touching inverted L

[K9SQG@aol.com]

Ooopps, sorry about the previous post.

I was looking for real world experiences on how severe the problem is when an 
insulated antenna wire touches a tree limb.

I have an 80 meter antenna that is touching one tree trunk yet the antenna 
(horizontal loop) seems to work fine.  The 160 m antenna I'm working on is an 
inverted L.  Toward the far end of the horizontal run, it will contact a 1 inch 
tree limb.  I'm just wondering if I'm going to encounter major problems.  
Installation complexeties make it difficult/unwise to try to get the antenna above 
that limb, and I'd prefer not to lower the antenna to avoid the limb since I 
want to keep the antenna as high as possible.

73s,

Evan