[Antennas] Leaves near G5RV; Thanks!

Thu Jul 14 00:28:54 EDT 2005

Dear John,
> I'm glad you got an answer ... it's unfortunate however they were not shared
> with the rest of the group.

That was entirely my fault. 99% of my activities on reflectors is on one in
which the owner and operator has set the configuration such that use of the
"reply" button goes to everyone. Unfortunately for me, MOST reflectors do it the
other way around, so I often end up responding only to the original post when I
intended to post to the group. Sorry about that.
My response to Paul was as follows:
Any leaves or branches that touch an antenna - especially at its high impedance
areas - will seriously degrade the antenna. Your problem will be in actually
seeing the effect, because most antennas when compromised or degraded do not
show it markedly - unless it's a highly directional, high gain beam.
Bob Lay (W9DMK), Dahlgren, VA
w9dmk at crosslink.net
http://www.qsl.net/w9dmk