Geoff Schultz wrote in
:

I don't have spreaders as I have a carbon fiber mast.

-- Geoff



Keep the antennas away from that mast, which acts like a big RF resistor
and absorbs, not reflects, RF signals....
The Metz Manta 6 requires no ground plane at all and will work just fine
atop that mast and at least 12" away from it further down.

Larry
--
While in Mexico, I didn't have to press 1 for Spanish.
While in Iran, I didn't have to press 1 for Farsi, either.
It just isn't fair.