[TowerTalk] Data on attenuation by trees? reply de KØFF

[Jerry Keller]

I, too, live in the woods now. (Luckily, I also live on top of a pretty good
hill.)  It never really mattered much to me in any previous QTH, but I've
always heard that RF absorption by deciduous trees varies from summer to
winter, depending on the density and height of the surrounding forest, and
the moisture content of the leaves. I have no idea how measurements that
would account meaningfully for all the variables could be taken, but it's
such an obvious question that somebody somewhere must have tried sometime. I
would really like to see some data, if any exists. K3MGT

----- Original Message -----
From: K0FF <K0FF@ARRL.NET>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; Wes Cosand <wz7i@ARRL.NET>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 8:15 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: [TowerTalk] Data on attenuation by trees? reply de
KØFF


> Sorry Wes, I don't have the source of the info you require, but would like
> to add that
> as the resident of a dense forest, one of the most detrimental effects of
> trees has
> to do with Murphy's Third Law of Selective Gravitation, which states:
> "A dropped or falling object will fall where it will de the most damage"
>
> Happy Building, Geo>KØFF
> http://homepages.dstream.net/K0FF
>
>
> > Folks:
> >
> > Somewhere I have seen data on the degree of attenuation of both
> > horizontally and vertically polarized HF signals by wooded areas.
Anyone
> > have an idea where I could find such data?
> >
> > Wes, WZ7I
> >
>
>
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