"JIMMIE" wrote in message
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I was talking with some guys this AM about building a quad antenna
using aluminum spreaders. I know that it at least the tips of the
spreaders would have to be made of insulating material such a
fiberglass but the consensus seemed to be that most of the spreaders
should be non-metalic. I was wondering if anyone here had built a quad
with almost all of the spreaders made of metal and what was the
results.

Jimmie

A few years ago, I had a Hygain 3-band quad with aluminum spreaders.

"Strategically placed" insulating rods divided the spreaders into
non-resonant, neutral segments.



Philo