Okay - today I removed the metal screws and spacers from the SO239 connector, no longer grounding to the boom. Surprisingly, there was no change at all in signal.
Tomorrow I'm going to try the split driven element design to see if that gives some more gain.
I'm trying to come up with ideas on how to do this without drilling into the boom in case I need to revert to my current folded dipole. Any ideas?
Also - I use the Yagi Calculator. Am I supposed to just cut the radiator element in half?
Should it be isolated from my metallic boom? Any differences if it goes into it? Recommended gap between the element halves and the boom?
Thank you
Brian
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