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Old August 26th 09, 12:25 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Default Do I Insulate the yagi boom from the mast

Sal M. Onella wrote:
A non-linear junction mixes two or more signals ...


I once had a cracked/cold solder joint in a 40m downspout
vertical that seemed to partially rectify the source
signal generating undesirable harmonics on 15m detected
by another ham 1/2 mile away. A jumper across the bad
junction cured the problem.
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73, Cecil, IEEE, OOTC, http://www.w5dxp.com