[BC] RF absorption by foliage

[DHultsman5@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/1/2005 2:08:35 AM Central Standard Time,  
kkty at netcommander.com writes:

> As  to growing, well, the vine does intercept RF energy.  This warms  the
vine, and speeds growth as a result.  So the vines love the high  RF
environment.  Warmth all the time.  Good light...no  competition where the
tower goes up.  Yeah, like fertilizer.  And  a nice trellis to help the vine
upwards.
>
> Maybe we ought to  sell space at the towers for berry growers??  Or the CE
could plant  and harvest and sell premium berries in the local markets for
egg  money?





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I wonder if those grapes used in wine making would grow on towers.   Then you 
could watch the bird eat them and  fly off the tower.    Also we could get 
some government office to catch the birds for FWI    (Flying while intoxcated).  
  Harvesting anything off a tower is  difficult with the tower whether hot or 
cold.
 
I had a tower guy once refuse to rebulb a tower for me because he was  
allergic to yellow jackets. One of our DA towers had a big nest about 6  inches in 
diameter inside a leg of an old Blaw Knox tower.  It was about 20  feet up.   I 
climbed up the back side with a pump oil can loaded with  a mixture of 24D 
and had a cap on and a jacket,  tied myself to the  face,  took aim and shot the 
nest, then froze to the tower while they  buzzed around me for about 10 
minutes till they cleared the area.  I  then used a pole to knock the nest down.
 
One of my engineers wanted the nest to use the larva for fishing.
 
That was the main active growth on my towers other than rust.
 
Dave