[Towertalk] Grounding mast to tower

[Pete Goudreau]

n4kg@juno.com wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 Pete Goudreau <goudpj@mac.com> writes:

>> BIG SNIP

>> all the elements of most yagis are insulated from the boom, too.

> HUH? Only if you are looking at Force 12 or KLM antennas is this a
> valid statement.

DOH!

Yep, F12 on the brain.

A hairpin match tied to the boom at its centerpoint doesn't effect 
matching or the driven element operation and provides a dc ground, 
and yeah, many yagis have reflectors and directors tied directly to 
the boom.  I knew that, really, I did, honest...%-{}

> Obviously you have not examined any of the Cushcraft, HyGain, or
> Mosley antennas which have grounded elements on all of their 
antennas
> except for the driven elements of CC and Mosley tribanders.

May I plead oldtimer's disease?  Almost there, got the hair...

> A thorough analysis would have caught this detail. :- 0

I _hate_ it when that happens!

Thanks,
Pete, AD5HD (ex-WB5RKC)