[TowerTalk] Does Mast Destroy V-Pol UHF Beam Pattern??

[David Rich]

I have a 25 element 432 MHz beam (K1FO design) that I want to mount
vertically polarized for Amateur Television (ATV).

Will mounting it up against a vertical steel mast destroy the pattern?

If so, I thought I could use a vertical fiberglass mast except the coax
cable that connects to the beam would probably cut into the pattern too.

73,
Dave Rich
kg0us@swbell.net


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