"Nick C" wrote in message
...
.............About that tree question though... that one threw me. I
thought for sure,
if the tree was wet (which will be about 99% of the time from now on)...
would 'remove' the energy from any signal hitting the wire..? The
reception
quality with aspect to it's wavelength makes sense, and I understand
that.............................................. .................

Nick,

My 75 meter antenna goes through several tree branches. Never saw any change
in SWR, wet or dry.

Tam/WB2TT