"Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com> wrote:
>As I look back, most of my tubing antennas vibrated. Some of
>them had end caps and vibrated, but rope always fixed it. I had that
>problem with Wilson yagis, and everything else.
Exactly my experience. Every commercial and home brew yagi I
ever had fluttered in the breeze - most survived, but after
just a few broken element tips, one quickly decides to stamp
out the problem with brute force. Rope in elements absolutely,
positively cures the problem.
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Steve K8LX
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