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Re: [TowerTalk] Wind Noise

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wind Noise
From: "Lux, Jim" <jim@luxfamily.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:57:44 -0700
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On 3/16/21 10:38 AM, James Wolf wrote:
I don't doubt that putting the rope on the outside is more effective,
. Any downsides?
73, Mike W4EF...................
I live in an area that has ice storms, I'd have lost that antenna many times
if it had rope on the outside, especially if it includes wind.



Good point.. I wonder what the "minimum size" of the vortex disrupter is.  They use them in icing areas, but, then, I suspect that power lines and such are built to much higher strengths than the typical amateur radio antenna.

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