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I think you did very well. Got to take into account line-of-sight of the station in question for your results - perhaps?

On another note, using plastic insulators from the radials to the curtain rods may just be be capacative coupling at RF freqs. This isn't DC current we are dealing with here - after all. Of course, the mast may be interacting with the antenna to some unknown degree for the same reason too.

As a side thought, perhaps moving your choke coil below the mast and the curtain rods might help with whatever common-mode current may still be left on the coax. Removing the curtain rods and substituting it with cheap PVC pipe may also be an improvement as well. Just some food for thought . . .

[QUOTE="Robb, post: 459092, member: 8446"] I think you did very well. Got to take into account line-of-sight of the station in question for your results - perhaps? On another note, using plastic insulators from the radials to the curtain rods may just be be capacative coupling at RF freqs. This isn't DC current we are dealing with here - after all. Of course, the mast may be interacting with the antenna to some unknown degree for the same reason too. As a side thought, perhaps moving your choke coil below the mast and the curtain rods might help with whatever common-mode current may still be left on the coax. Removing the curtain rods and substituting it with cheap PVC pipe may also be an improvement as well. Just some food for thought . . . [/QUOTE]

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