Topband: Effect of trees- tree appreciation

[N1BUG]

On 08/09/2013 04:51 PM, Charlie Cunningham wrote:
> As a DXer, I generally listened a lot, and I found that on 160, if I
> could hear them - more often than not, I could work 'em - wherever in the
> world they might be.

No receive antennas? With 1500 watts into a 100 foot vertical (tower 
with 7 element 6 meter beam for top loading and nearly 10K feet of 
wire in radials), and a collection of at best mediocre reversible 
Beverages, there is a lot I can hear but not work.

73,
Paul N1BUG