Re: Groundplane antennas (was: Re: Elecraft CW Net Announcement)
Posted by
Rick M0LEP-2 on
Aug 01, 2020; 3:02pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Elecraft-CW-Net-Announcement-tp7663535p7663724.html
On Thu 30 Jul Bill Frantz wrote:
> Steve Stearns, K6OIK has a article in the latest QST about the
> effect of trees on 160M vertical antennas. It reads like it is
> the first in a series about the effect of trees on antenna performance.
>
> It also mentions Jim, K9YC who has some direct experience,
> living in a coast redwood forest.
I tried operating on a summit covered by a timber plantation; lots of
tall fairly straight trees fairly regularly spaced. A friend operating
at the same time from a short distance away near the edge of the
plantation, and using an 817 and a dipole, made rather more contacts
than I did...
--
73, Rick, M0LEP (KX3 #3281)
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