[TowerTalk] "K" factor gets sillier

[Louis Sica, Jr.]

> Imagine my amusement to discover that Yaesu now
> defines the K factor to mean the product of the antenna
> weight and turning radius, PLUS the weight of the mast
> (or a share of the mast in the case of multiple antennas)
> times the turning radius!

You want even sillier? I did a little math, and because of how Yaesu wants
you to distribute the mast weight between multiple antennas on the same mast
when doing the calculation, you can actually calculate a LOWER K factor with
multiple antennas on a mast then you might with a single antenna! Unless of
course that distribution needs to be "weighted" depending on the antenna.
But even the manual example splits the mast weight into 3 equal parts for 3
different antennas.

It sounds like a lot of legal CYA to me. I'm not really worried that my
G1000 SDXA is going to have a problem turning my T8 (with T31 as a future
possibility) on a 10 foot steel mast.



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