[Lowfer] Excellent VLF condx this morning!

[Zack Widup]

Hi Dex,

How far is it from the nearest tree out in the open field in front of the house?

I've been thinking of putting one up but I most likely wouldn't be
able to get it higher than 15 or 20 feet and there are 30 foot trees
nearby that aren't on my property, so I can't use the trees either.
There are no trees on my property. I could get it maybe 30 or 40 feet
from the trees though.

73, Zack W9SZ


On 9/18/11, Dexter w4dex <dexter.mc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jay,
>
> I found my PAØRDT probe is a good tree detector.  It works great just
> ten feet above ground out in the open field in front of the house.  With
> large oak trees all around the house with it as much as 40 feet above
> ground the probe doesn't work near as well as a loop.  And that's with
> it about 40 feet away from the nearest trees that are about the same
> height as your trees.  I thought about mounting the probe at the top of
> my tower but it would have to be below the 6 meter J-pole lightning rod
> to survive.  My neighbor has a good view of my towers and he has seen
> many direct hits.  Molten balls of copper on the copper pipe cap top
> confirms the strikes.
>
> I bought enough chain link fence top rail sections last year to attempt
> pushing the probe out the top of a pine tree about one hundred feet from
> the shack.  My idea was to attach a ten foot section of PVC pipe to the
> tree trunk as high as my twenty foot extension ladder would allow.  Then
> devise a rope and pulley hoisting contraption to raise the mast sections
> one by one up thought the PVC pipe.  The tree I selected has lots of
> branches near the top that I believe would keep the mast upright.  Guess
> I better do this while I can still run :)
>
> Dex
>
> jrusgrove at comcast.net wrote:
>> Dex
>>
>> Modified Amrad probe. What's interesting is that there are rows of tall
>> trees (60 - 70') within 20'
>> of it to the west and south -it is mounted in the corner of an opening.
>> Makes me wonder if having it
>> in the clear isn't an old wives tale. As they say, the results speak for
>> themselves.
>>
>>
>
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