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Re: [TowerTalk] Non-Conductive Mast Section

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Non-Conductive Mast Section
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:27:56 -0800
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On 12/8/2011 11:56 AM, Rick Karlquist wrote:
> our last idea is the best.

Yes, the more I've thought about it, the better it sounds.

>   You have to have the tower behind the Yagi and have the feed coax exit off 
> the back of the boom.  You have to mount it by attaching the back
> of the boom to the tower, which doesn't require any insulated
> pieces.

Did you miss that this is a LONG BOOM Yagi?  It's 22 ft. I need lots of 
dB to get to that repeater. Don't think I can use this method. :)

>   I can't imagine what KLM was thinking when they said to mount it to an 
> insulated mast, unless they were thinking the top of the tower.

That's what they were thinking.   It's me that's thinking about a side 
mount.

Thanks Rick.

73, Jim K9YC
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