Imax above a 10 meter beam?

[airplane1]

I know people do the Imax above beams all the time and from what I gather it helps the Imax by acting as a ground plane for it.

This is fine but I seen one person on the internet say that if I use the beam under the Imax as a ground plane it will detune the Imax so as it will not work on 17-15-12 meter any more.

I want to use it on these bands not just 10 meter.

Any one have experience with this setup?

Thanks,
AP

 

[TonyV225]

I cant imagine it would cause that much havoc I see people do this all the time I have talk to several that explained there setup as either an antron or Imax above there beam. I cant see how this would cause any issue at all aslong as your obviously running the beam horizontaly or flat.

 

[Moleculo]

I don't think I'd worry about the potential problems that much. It might cause some pattern distortion on the vertical, but I doubt it would be enough to notice.

 

[hookedon6]

mine works just fine above my 5 element tri-bander

 

[airplane1]

cool, thanx.

 

[n0zna]

mine worked fine at the other house,it worked with a tuner from 6 mtrs to 20 mtrs...73s de JW