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

[kq2m at kq2m.com]

Thank you Jim - I'm going to look into that!

73

Bob, KQ2M

On 2021-12-08 17:35, Jim Brown wrote:
> 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.