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just a guess on my part .........

if your beam was horizontal i wouldn't expect the sharply sloping down ground elements on the starduster to have much operator detectable effect . similar to how a beam that has both H and V elements can have its polarity switched . i think detectable interaction can be expected when a omni with near full 1/4 wave length horizontal ground elements is on the mast as a flat side beam below . but the stardusters elements are 70ish degrees out of phase in that example/guess .

i do look forward to a definitive answer to see if im on the right track or not though .

<blockquote data-quote="BOOTY MONSTER" data-source="post: 299958">just a guess on my part .........if your beam was horizontal i wouldn&#039;t expect the sharply sloping down ground elements on the starduster to have much operator detectable effect . similar to how a beam that has both H and V elements can have its polarity switched . i think detectable interaction can be expected when a omni with near full 1/4 wave length horizontal ground elements is on the mast as a flat side beam below&nbsp; . but the stardusters elements are 70ish degrees out of phase in that example/guess .i do look forward to a definitive answer to see if im on the right track or not though . <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":thumbup1:" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbup1:"&nbsp; data-smilie="27"data-shortname=":thumbup1:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":lol:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:"&nbsp; data-smilie="19"data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":thumbup:" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbup:"&nbsp; data-smilie="27"data-shortname=":thumbup:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BOOTY MONSTER, post: 299958"] just a guess on my part ......... if your beam was horizontal i wouldn't expect the sharply sloping down ground elements on the starduster to have much operator detectable effect . similar to how a beam that has both H and V elements can have its polarity switched . i think detectable interaction can be expected when a omni with near full 1/4 wave length horizontal ground elements is on the mast as a flat side beam below . but the stardusters elements are 70ish degrees out of phase in that example/guess . i do look forward to a definitive answer to see if im on the right track or not though . :thumbup1: :lol: :thumbup: [/QUOTE]

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