Topband: Beverage question

[Tom Rauch]

>I have been reading on Beverage antennas in an effort to 
>install at least one here at my home. The problem I have 
>run into is that my house sits on top of a hill and for a 
>large part is surrounded by woods. In John Devoldere's Low 
>Band DXing book (second edition) he states to NOT run a 
>beverage through the woods

I don't know why that would be true.

I've found it doesn't make any noticeable difference at all 
if the antenna run through woods or empty fields except 
falling branches knock them down.