Topband: Signal attenuation from foliage near 160m antenna

[Bob Kupps]

Interesting study which suggests not placing a 160m vertical closer than 12' to a tree, if feasible. There are certainly lots of vertical radiators working well amongst towers. We won FD 4 years in a row using 5 watts to a random vertical wire hoisted up the aluminum mast of a sailboat amongst all sorts of other vertical rigging wires, but like 99.99% of all hams, have no way to conduct a meaningful comparison.