"Richard" wrote in message
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Anyone have experience of making VHF antennas with non conducting booms?

I think I ought to be able to employ a non conducting boom for a yagi
design
that is no more than about 50" (1.27 meters) in length. Must have
sufficient
rigidity.

About 15 years ago I made a 220 mhz 8 element yagi out of a 10 foot piece of
the gray electrical plastic type conduit. It is still at the top of my
tower.. It is suspose to resist the UV from the sun beter than the normal
PVC water pipe.