Topband: Inverted L in contact with leaves

[Joe Galicic]

Hi Pete. My inverted L over K2AV FCP was in the trees touching limbs and leaves.  Although it worked OK it wasn't until I moved it into the clear that I realized how much signal I was loosing having it in the trees.  Nearly 3db increase according to RBN after the move.  RBN testing was done immediately before and after the move.  Of course this test is just a relative indicator but it did show a lot of improvement after the move.  I know Guy K2AV has done similar test with similar results.  -Joe N3HEE


> On August 29, 2019 at 11:23 AM N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> My inverted L is taking shape - about 60 vertical, the rest horizontal.  
> For a couple of months anyway, it is touching a number of leaves in the 
> vertical section.  I assume that's not a concern, but thought I'd ask 
> before I get a lot of radials down. First short radial is down and 
> MFJ-259 results look promising.  It's just a problem of waiting for lawn 
> mowing to stop hi.
> 
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> 73, Pete N4ZR
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