[TowerTalk] RE: element rotation

[George T. Daughters]

hi all,

roger wrote:
>  We have opted for
> keeping the same elements on the boom and merely rotate them 60-degrees
> every four months. That way the bird droppings get evenly distributed
> and it reduces the metal fatigue factor on just one side of the tubing.  
> 
> We've also noted that birds are able to get a better grip on the
> elements with the "new traction enhancing" whereas before the sight of
> birds slipping on the shiny uncoated elements brought a new
> entertainment spectacle to the neighborhood.

very environmentally friendly!  

personally, i don't rotate mine at all (i know; that's why i have a 
wimpy signal!)

my C-3 has become a fairly popular resting place for the indigenous
avian population, and last night my wife and i were rewarded with a 
*pair* of cooper's hawks on the driven element! (that's  3db more 
than we've ever seen before!) the other feathered 
types were *not* pleased.  after a long rest, the pair moved off, but 
not until we got excellent looks at them with our binocs.  then the 
mockingbirds and others took possession.

ham radio (especially a tower) has unexpected rewards!

73, 
George T. Daughters, K6GT

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