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Subject: | [TowerTalk] Re: Antenna element vibration damping - How |
From: | K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com) |
Date: | Sun Aug 10 11:02:06 2003 |
In a message dated 8/9/03 4:03:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tony.kaz@verizon.net writes: > Okay, I'll bite. Who makes antennas that won't vibrate in the wind and have > failure of the elements without using a rope? Element dampening is needed due to the vibrations set up by low wind speeds. This is from the elements being basically the same size from end to end. Force 12 uses an aggressive taper schedule that starts out big and tapers quickly, thus eliminating the low wind speed vibrations. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH |
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