[TowerTalk] trees as antennas

[K4SAV]

On tree antennas,  N3OX wrote:
> Here's one online:
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> http://w5jgv.com/tree_antenna/index.htm
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It's too bad he didn't do a controlled experiment, one system with the 
tree and one without the tree.  He gave a clue as to the performance.  
He says it works much better after he added a 30 dB gain preamp.  Did 
you ever have to add a preamp to a 160 antenna?

Notice that it is one of the standard recipes for a "feedline common 
mode current antenna", a balanced very low impedance load (that would be 
the coil) driven directly by coax.

Jerry, K4SAV