Yes, I guess it depends. If you have very small elements and a long boom, that
would certainly make sense. With large HF arrays, I guess I would try to
orient the antenna to lesson torquing around. At my QTH, the wind
continuously changes directions, in gusts.
Norm
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From: TowerTalk [towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] on behalf of Edward McCann
via TowerTalk [towertalk@contesting.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 12:02 PM
To: Kent Olsen
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com; edward mccann
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wind and the antenna
In my experience, head the beam into the wind, like the bow of a boat. All
elements are then subject to symmetrical loading. At ninety degree angles,
individual elements sometimes whip around on their own course, and occasionally
into some sort of mechanical resonance.
AG6CX
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