Topband: Antennas in trees

[Tom Boucher]

Tom

My antenna was actually touching the branches - I had pulled it in close to 
get a maximum height of about 83'. I have only pulled it away by a few feet 
to miss the branches but my measurements showed a drop, at resonance before 
matching and pruning, from 35 + j12 to 21 + j15. That's with 19 radials. One 
other factor; the land under the antenna slopes quite steeply and I have 
pulled the lower part of the antenna away from the bank as far as possible.

I would have thought I would see a lower feed impedance with the antenna 
closer to the tree/ground, not higher.

73
Tom G3OLB