Topband: Support for Flags?

[Robert Marshall-Read]

Hi Eric,

Nose-to-nose I have found in the past works well, DPDT relay at the feedpoint.  Back to back I found kills the F/B ratio.

GL es 73

Bob YB5AQB 9V1GO G4VGO KY0C


--- Eric Rosenberg <wd3q at starpower.net> wrote:

> I am about to put up a couple of flag antennas in my back yard (one
> running 50 degrees, the other at 330 degrees, with a common support
> for
> the back end). 
> 
> I *thought* I needed to use non-conductive masts (I was planning to
> use
> fiberglass masts (from The Mast Company [www.tmastco.com]) as the
> supports, but recently heared that I can use aluminum ones without
> much
> (if any) negative effect.  I assume they're lighter and stronger. 
> 
> The question, aluminum or fiberglass? 
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> 
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC 
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