[TowerTalk] Beverages and Trees

[Scott Detloff K8DX]

Hi Brian,

Funny you should ask this now.  Just came in from taking down my 
Beverage in the farmers field.  It was 1080' long with a lot of slope
but in the clear.  A few years ago I had one that was 780' long, went
through the woods and 30' away from one of the towers.  I still think
that one worked better...

Scott K8DX

-----Original Message-----
From: alsopb <alsopb@gloryroad.net>
To: Towertalk@contesting.com <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 1:16 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Beverages and Trees


>
>Guys,
>
>I was re-reading the ON4UN Low Band antenna handbook and ran across a 
>statement I need more info on.  This quote is from the section titled"
>Location of the Beverage"
>
>"Just as it is not recommended to put up vertically polarized antennas
>between tall trees, it is not a good idea to run a Beverage antenna
>through the woods"
>
>Would somebody please explain this.  It was my impression that trees
>are fairly transparent to RF at lower frequencies.  What is the real
>effect and its magnitude? 
>
>What about the practice carried out by some of using galvanized
>staples to attached galvanized wire bevrages to tree supports? I see
>that even ON4UN attaches beverages to bamboo poles.
>
>73 de Brian/K3KO
>
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