[TowerTalk] Questions on Low band receiving antennas in forests and wetlands along ridgelines and ravines.

[Jim Brown]

Bob,

My soil conductivity is quite poor here (granite with a lot of "loam" 
that falls from my redwoods), but my spaced VE3DO loops work well. They 
are home brew, easy to build.

73, Jim K9YC

On 12/8/2021 5:18 AM, kq2m at kq2m.com wrote:
> Hi Ed,
> 
> Thank you for that info.  My beverages, aka "Tree-catchers", worked well 
> in the past but they were excruciating to maintain constantly.  Then 
> when the Deer Tick population exploded about 20 years ago, it became 
> hazardous.  I have been avoiding that ever since but realize that I may 
> have no choice except to reconsider.