Hello!

[barry]

K7LXC@aol.com writes:

>      Yes, it's the only thing that'll give you 360 degree rotation but a
> classic sidemount will give you about 300 degrees with much more reliability.
>  I certainly wouldn't bet the farm (or the contest) on a ring rotor!
> 

Steve - I was going to bring up the sidemount issue, but didn't. SInce 
you did, let me ask you this:

The torque introduced by a sidearm with a mid-sized Yagi seems to be 
quite a bit. I don't recall seeing any twisting moment specs in the ROhn 
catalog. Do you have any info on this? 73 Barry

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