[Towertalk] pine tree verticals

[Tom Osborne]

> On Mon, 20 May 2002, Jim White wrote:
> 
 > will be putting up a vertical antenna for receiving this
>weekend....on 40 and 80 meters - one location is thick with pine >trees taller than the vertical - should I even think about >problems at this low a frequency?

Hi Jim

Here in Oregon, there aren't many places you can look and not see
a tree (thank God).  I have all sorts of antennas buried in them,
verticals, inverted "V's", dipoles, beams, etc.  Have never found
anything detrimental caused to them by trees.  All I know is
trees make a GREAT place to hang antennas.  
I once had a cage vertical in a tree here--4 wires up the tree
and a top hat in the limbs.  Worked like gangbusters on 80.  73
Tom W7WHY