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Re: Cross boom-insulated or not?
- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Cross boom-insulated or not?
- From: Jim Walls <k6ccc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:33:18 -0700
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Jim Wright wrote:
> I am looking at mounting two M2 antennas on the same cross boom.
> Question is should they be on an insulated cross boom to preserve
> pattern or will they work correctly on a metallic cross boom? M2 tech
> support is already on the way to Dayton.
>
> I like the idea of having everything at DC ground potential, but don't
> want a deaf antenna system.
The purests will tell you that you MUST use a non-conductive crossboom
for any CP antenna, however, I can tell you that I did not notice any
difference when I went to a solid crossboom a number of years ago.
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