[BC] RF absorption by foliage

[DHultsman5@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/31/2005 8:23:58 PM Central Standard Time,  
ranchorobbo at hotmail.com writes:


What gets me is a grape vine.  How can a grape  vine grow across the base
insulator of a hot tower and not get  cooked.  I've seen that many times 
too.

Ed  Trombley




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Same with Cutsu vines down South.   During a heay rain it may  shut a modern 
transmitter down.  Older 1 kW. without VSWR circuits continue  to feed the 
changing load.
 
Dave