Kent,
Just release the brake and let it windmill. All the excess energy will become
stored in the tightly wound coax lines, and can be recovered later and put to
use. ;>)
Thomas W Noel
KF7RSF
> On Jan 6, 2016, at 7:49 AM, Kent Olsen <kilo6dko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am going through my first real wind event here since I put up my tower
> and beam. I am in a wind protected valley but the wind this time is blowing
> up the valley to the north so it is a bit stronger than I have seen.
> Nothing over 40 to 45 mph in a gust.
>
>
> Is it better to turn the beam into or away from the wind??
>
> --
> Thanks
> 73
> Kent
> NC6B
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