I appreciate all the suggestions.
I don’t think isolating the tower from the house is possible. Yes, I can slip
some rubber or other material between the bracket and the house, but I probably
over-engineered the anchors. They consist of threaded rod passed through the
header in the gable end of the house along with two of the roof trusses. It is
rigidly fixed with nuts and washers on each side of every member the rods pass
through. The bracket is bolted to the rods.
Rope through the elements sounds like the way to go.
Al
AB2ZY
From: David Clemons <clemons.dave@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2021 4:24 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com; Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>; David
Clemons <clemons.dave@gmail.com>
Subject: Wind Noise
Hello Al,
Go to an auto repair shop and ask if you can have an old no-good truck tire
tube - maybe you'll get it for free, maybe you'll pay $5 for it. This will be
very useful for many things. Cut some of the tube and put it between the tower
and the house brackets.
I use it to wrap coax lines if they might possibly rub on anything when the
antenna is turned (i.e., the loop that wraps around the tower when an antenna
is rotated). I use it when I want a weather proof cover to an outside antenna
relay box. I use a piece of it to cover my padlock on my chain link fence so
that water doesn't get into the lock and turn to ice. You'll be surprised how
many ways it can be used.
73,
Dave K1VUT
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