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Wind Load of Coax Against Tower Leg

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Subject: Wind Load of Coax Against Tower Leg
From: kurscj@oampc12.csg.mot.com (Chad Kurszewski WE9V)
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 13:13:44 -0600
At 11:35 AM 2/7/97 -0500, Walt Kornienko wrote:
>Does anyone know how much the wind load is decreased
>by running coax against a tower leg.  Hypothetically,
>A 1" wide by 144" long piece of SQUARE coax would have
>have a wind load of 1 sq ft.  How much is the wind load
>decreased by being round.

0.67

ref:  ex-W6QHS, "Physical Design of Yagis"

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