[TowerTalk] Song of the Hy-gain

[Barry Kutner]

Gary,
I don't think it's the element vibrating. I believe it is the wind blowing 
across the drain holes in the traps.
73 Barry

On 24 Jun 00, Gary and Jane Nieborsky wrote:

> 
> Try wrapping the elements with that curly wire wrap stuff they use to create
> wire bundles behind the entertainment center (you all do dress those rats
> nests up don't you?).  Put them next to the boom at first and if necessary
> slide them out until the song goes away.  It doesn't take much to de-tune
> the element.  We do something similar in the utility industry to stop
> aeolian vibration which will quite quickly destroy a conductor at light wind
> speeds.
> 
> It's cheap and may just help......I used it on a neighbors CB antenna and it
> worked.
> 
> Gary K7FR
> 
> 
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