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Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna & Tower Wind Load Ratings

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna & Tower Wind Load Ratings
From: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 21:22:58 -0400
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On 6/16/2017 10:53 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:

Vortex shedding is  well known.   Eles vibrate  up + down like crazy, like 6 
Inches in total,
in just a light breeze.  Ask anybody who own a 204BA or any wilson product.   
Those swedged eles are a pita..and so is
having to put rope inside the eles..which is still in the current Hy-gain  
204-BA manual.

While rope in the elements is not what I'd call an elegant solution; it works, and works well in almost all cases to completely cure breeze flutter without having to toss an existing antenna in the trash and start from scratch.

-Steve K8LX
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