Insulators in a split backstay

[Bob Pingel]

How do you insulate a split backstay for an SSB?

I can see two configurations:

- place one insulator off the deck, one at the masthead, and another just below the fork in the "other" leg. Would the little "leg" coming off at the fork do anything bad from an RF perspective?

- an insulator at the deck, one just below the fork, one just above the fork, and another at the masthead. You'd need to jumper around the insulated fork.

Obviously the first option uses one less insulator, but I wonder about side effects from an RF perspective.

Bob