I don't have a HI-Z, but I do have many antennas in the trees here. (and have in the past at other locations too)
Recently, I have installed all wire & rope 4-squares on 40 & 80 and a 2-el on 160m, all in and in some cases attached to or gently touching, (gasp!)(wait for it.....) dunh dunh dunh..TREES !) Worse yet, the 80m/160m arrays are partially nested and the 40m one is partially nested in the corner of the 80m one.(maybe that's a separate thread) I posted my results here in 2 separate posts some weeks back, so I won't repeat the data, except to say the only non-scientific anomaly's I see are when the 80m array is aimed to the NW through some metal clutter and 2 sheds (full of wiring and metal). I used trees and did some nesting of arrays nothing bad happened like the naysayers warned. Would I get 1dB more gain and 2dB more F/B if they were aluminum verticals out in the middle of a 40acre field? Probably. I used what I had. I'd worry more about a nearby house, a utility pole full of wires, your neighbours 18-wheeler, anything large and metallic than I would the harmless but helpful tree. Mike VE9AA Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
