Topband: FW: Hi-Z Around Trees

[Joe Galicic]

I could never get my hiz 2-3 (3 element,4 directions) working on my small quarter acre lot.  Too close to trees, houses and antennas.  Worked with 
Lee for a long time trying.  No luck.  N3HEE 


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From: Paul at PaulFerguson.us
To: topband at contesting.com
Cc: k7tjr at msn.com
Sent: 2016-11-14 9:49:58 AM 
Subject: Re: Topband: FW: Hi-Z Around Trees

Lee,

Thanks for the guidance. 

I plan to use 20-foot fiberglass tube with a wire down the center for  
Hi-Z array elements. Would you expect sensitivity to nearby trees to be 
about the same for these wire elements versus aluminum tube elements.

73,
Paul
K5ESW


> 
> 
>   Greetings Top-Banders, I have been away for a couple days, sorry for
>   the late comments.
>     The fact is, for me there is no definitive answer to the effect of
>     trees on the Hi-Z arrays. I have made tests measuring phase shifts
>     and amplitude changes with a variety of objects around these
>     elements. My original thoughts after the tests were that any tree or

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