[BC] RF absorption by foliage

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In a message dated 11/01/2005 11:37:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
DHultsman5 at aol.com writes:

 > Was that actually a shunt wire feed or  was it a slant wire  antenna.
There
 >  is a difference.
 >
 >  Would like to see more about this.

I would think that it would work like a slant wire, with a lossy load at the
end. Depending on how much RF was going thru that end of the wire, I'd expect
there to be a reaction with the wet wood, which would decouple the RF from it,
somewhat. Eventually, the tree would try to heal.

The toroid around the trunk is interesting... drop one over a seedling, and
wait a good long time!

Willie...