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> From: n4si@pobox.com
> To: ke5fi@wt.net; towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Room For Shorty Above TH11
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Saturday, April 05, 1997 9:33 PM
>
> > > > My 40-2 CD is 12 feet above TH-7 and both work great. Just
> > > > put the cushcraft boom supports downward instead of above
> > > > the boom.
>
> > > Watch out...W6QHS (now W6NL) says not to do this, even though
> > > he once advocated it. Instead, beef up the boom...
>
> > Why not? Logically, the supports would seem to work about as well
under
> > the beam as over.
To help see the difference, imagine the supports being wire instead of
tubing.
73,
John W0DC
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