I know all installations are different depending on individual circumstances. So here are my circumstances.
My mobile antenna can only be mounted on a mirror. I can't drill new holes in the truck. I can mount an antenna 80 inches tall. No higher. It takes 28 inches to clear the roof line from the mounting point.
So keeping that in mind, I ran a Hustler Mobile HF with the 10 meter "super resonator." That got me clear of the roof line with the coil and as tall as I could get on the truck. It was also broadbanded enough to cover all of 10 and 90% of 11 meters.
However the mast was too flimsy. The mast was thin wall aluminum tubing 54" tall.
My question is, if I were to make a new mast out of something stronger, like steel pipe, how would that affect the resonance of the antenna.
I have a mounting solution to hold that heavy of an antenna, even in strong winds at 70 mph, I just don't know what effect it will have on the antennas resonance.
Would 54" of 9/16 inch steel pipe look the same as 54" of 1/2 inch aluminum tubing to RF?
My mobile antenna can only be mounted on a mirror. I can't drill new holes in the truck. I can mount an antenna 80 inches tall. No higher. It takes 28 inches to clear the roof line from the mounting point.
So keeping that in mind, I ran a Hustler Mobile HF with the 10 meter "super resonator." That got me clear of the roof line with the coil and as tall as I could get on the truck. It was also broadbanded enough to cover all of 10 and 90% of 11 meters.
However the mast was too flimsy. The mast was thin wall aluminum tubing 54" tall.
My question is, if I were to make a new mast out of something stronger, like steel pipe, how would that affect the resonance of the antenna.
I have a mounting solution to hold that heavy of an antenna, even in strong winds at 70 mph, I just don't know what effect it will have on the antennas resonance.
Would 54" of 9/16 inch steel pipe look the same as 54" of 1/2 inch aluminum tubing to RF?