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As a side note - I have often wondered why beams aren't isolated from the masting. I mean; doesn't the masting affect the pattern? Doesn't anybody isolate the beam? I'm sure it would change the tuning of the gamma match. Any benefits from isolating it? No one seems to do it this way - what is the reasoning?

I see guys isolating their vertical antennas from the masts and running a choke balun and the antennas work better.
What's the dealio here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=claJeMNTSGI

[QUOTE="Robb, post: 256854, member: 8446"] As a side note - I have often wondered why beams aren't isolated from the masting. I mean; doesn't the masting affect the pattern? Doesn't anybody isolate the beam? I'm sure it would change the tuning of the gamma match. Any benefits from isolating it? No one seems to do it this way - what is the reasoning? I see guys isolating their vertical antennas from the masts and running a choke balun and the antennas work better. What's the dealio here? [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=claJeMNTSGI[/url] [/QUOTE]

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