[Lowfer] Tree Antennas

[John RABSON]

I have a 10-year-old Sequoia in front of my house.  It was planted by the previous owners and has now reached a height of 40 feet.  Perhaps I should simply run a line over it and be patient.

John  

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On 04/03/2007 at 00:02 Mitch Powell wrote:

>Laurence, Bill and others that have commented:
>There is a great historical and technical article on Tree Antennas that you
>might be interested in seeing - originally from Scientific American ( July
>14, 1919, p.624. )
>I assume most of you won't have been receiving Scientific American at that
>time ( grin ) so you might want to get a copy from the following Web site:
>
>http://www.rexresearch.com/squier/squier.htm
>
>titled "With Trees for Ears".
>
>Now it looks like I can retire my miniwhip and just tap into the 70 foot
>maple tree in the back yard....and if I add a small container I can maybe
>gather some maple syrup as the sap rises in the Spring.
>
>Mitch
>
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