[TowerTalk] Re: Antenna element vibration damping - How

K7LXC at aol.com K7LXC at aol.com
Mon Aug 11 12:27:25 EDT 2003


In a message dated 8/11/03 3:48:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, k1ttt at arrl.net 
writes:

> How do you design elements so they don't vibrate?

    Design them ala' F12 with an aggressive taper schedule (start big and 
taper rapidly) so that the elements are not the same size for their entire 
length. That will eliminate the low windspeed vibrations. 

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH 


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