Topband: Signal attenuation from foliage near 160m antenna

[Bob Eldridge]

  Subject: Topband: Signal attenuation from foliage near 160m antenna


> This subject has been discussed here plenty of times in the past, and the
> consensus has always been that trees and other foliage near a 160m antenna
> has a negligible effect on the transmitted signal. That's what I have
> believed for some time.

  Without doubt foliage has measurable effects on the antenna when it is 
close to a voltage
point (speaking from experience with loops), so Carl's findings make good
sense.

  Bob VE7BS