The more water in the fronds and limbs the more energy that will be
dissipated as heat instead of radiating to the intended target.


"Dan Jacobson" wrote in message
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I was going to ask if it would be OK to perch my 2 meter vertical
antenna in the branches of a tree, or will nearby limbs detract from
the signal, but I see http://www.preservedpalm.net/gsm.shtml "The
product used in Palm antennas is formed by the tree itself and the
fronds", but perhaps that only applies at those higher frequencies.