In a message dated 99-02-13 19:29:30 EST, andywallace@home.com writes:
> It is my
> understanding that the most dangerous high wind force on a beam mounted
> on a tower is a twisting force as opposed to simply blowing the tower
> over. If this is so, why don't all rotors have some sort of a clutch that
> will let the beam freewheel when the twisting force gets sufficiently
> high? Seems like it might save a lot of rotors, beams and not a few
> towers. I have a relatively small Yaesu rotor--I would much rather
> replace it then the beam and/ or the tower if I get hit with a very high
> wind.
Well, you probably wouldn't want your antenna changing heading when
you're trying to work that P5 station and the wind's blowing. At some point
the rotator has to run up against some kind of stop or it'll rip the feedline
as it keeps turning in the wind. Bad idea actually.
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
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