[BC] Electrical Code, drift to towers

Robert Meuser Robertm
Sat Oct 29 12:10:50 CDT 2005


I dont think trees have significant absorbtion at AM frequencies.

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Lewis Munn wrote:

>Milton, if they are AM what is their engineer thinking?  Tree roots corrode ground wires; trees themselves absorb RF.
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>I see a number of AM sites with reasonably sized trees obviously in the ground systems, and yes, where they could take out guy lines.  But try to tell that to a cost-conscious owner!
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>And wait until the environmentalists are out in force to protect those trees!!  Bare unscenic roadsides...reduced CO2 absorption...and so on.
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>Looey Munn
>Roundup, MT
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>"Milton R. Holladay Jr." <miltron at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>How many towers do you know of that have trees near enough to hit the tower
>or guy wires if they fell toward them ? 
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>From: "Jerry Mathis" 
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>Subject: RE: [BC] Electrical Code
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>>And the other thing is NOT clearing trees within falling distance of the
>>power lines. 
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