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Paul A. Cianciolo wrote:
> Then there is matter of trees.
> Just finished reading about Jim Moritz experiment measuring tree current.
> My tower has many behind it 2 acres of trees that are 60' high
> I am afraid now that any current I do manage to get into the air will all be
> shunted to ground!!!!
>
> His experiments were done at 137 so perhaps this loss might be less at
> 9KHz??
>   
Paul,

My 137/500 khz antenna is surrounded by trees with the top hat wires 
running over the trees, the house and  buildings.  Yet my signal gets 
out fairly well.  Such is detrimental but not an RF shunt.
Dex