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

[Wyllma Wall]

Hi David and all TT,
Use only non conducting material. MGS4U.com has fiberglass that will do the
job.
                                     Bill  KC4UZ

David Rich wrote:

> 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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