Topband: Effect of trees- tree appreciation

[Mike Waters]

This is a VERY profound piece of advice!

The RBN showed me that something was definitely wrong with my TX signal
level this summer. It was considerably down from several other stations not
that far away, even with 1500 watts. And it wasn't like that at all at
first; before the foliage started growing, my signal levels on the RBN was
much better.

I can't prove that it's the weeds or leaves near my antenna, (and don't
have the time to now), but without the RBN, I may have never suspected
anything was wrong.

http://www.reversebeacon.net/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=797

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Bill Tippett <btippett at alum.mit.edu>wrote:

> With the advent of ReverseBeacon.net, it's very easy to compare antennas
> with other stations.  I've been doing this after each major contest and
> have learned other things such as QSB cycle depth and periodicity.
>
> I also test multiple antennas at home by time-stamping my transmissions
> and then reviewing the RBN data.  This is so simple to do I don't know why
> anyone wouldn't use it to get comparative measurements.
>