John was gracious in not cc'ing the list in his reply, but I don't care
about exposing my ignorance if others can learn from it.
I had not considered interaction with the shield of the coax. Would
grounding the shield at the base of the mast mitigate interaction?
Thanks,
Jeff, KI0RO
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 20:38, Signal Hill Ranch wrote:
> At 08:07 PM 11/6/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I am looking to purchase a fiberglass mast approximately 35' in height. I
> >plan on using it to support a Butternut HF9V with tuned radials.
> >
> >I'm want a fiberglass mast because it will be mounted fairly close to
> >a ground mounted vertical 32' in length. My assumption is that going
> >with a nonconductive mast will help minimize interaction with the
> >ground mounted vertical.
>
> Jeff--
>
> How do you propose to get the feedline (coax?) up the mast without
> doing the same kind of interaction that a metal mast will do?
>
> That is the heart of the problem in this situation. If you are just
> running the coax up the fiberglass mast then the shield of the
> coax is just as bad.
>
> If I missed something please let me know.
>
> --John W0UN
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