On 2/24/2013 9:13 PM, tom wrote:
I've done some searching for corrections for through the boom
uninsulated and found that the opinion is that it's not a good idea. And
it makes sense if you read why - the current is really high at the
center of the element and any variation in contact resistance to the
boom or material will change the result.

What you would like is the result to be based on only the insulated
element conductance and the shielding of the boom, which is easier to
calculate and less variable.

tom
K0TAR


Here's a reference that mentions reasons for not using uninsulated
through the boom connectio9ns. And has some nice graphs on insulated
through the boom.

http://g7rau.demon.co.uk/sm5bsz/antennas/sa/others.htm

tom
K0TAR