[TowerTalk] Re: 40m beam with wires dangling down

[david jordan]

yes, the wind effect is dampened considerably with the attachment of 2oz 
fishing weights to the end of each wire.

Have Fun,
dave
wa3gin

corneliuspaul at gmx.net wrote:

>Its pretty close to what W9XR once described in CQ-Contest magazine 
>as the "spaghetti beam"
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>I had a 3ele of that sort up for a few years, made of 14m fiberglas elements,
>(7m either side) with approx 3.5m wire dangling down either side.
>Worked very well, only in windy situation the dangling wires start swinging
>and so does the SWR and (I presume) the pattern.
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>At 10:15 05.11.2003 -0500, WA3GIN wrote:
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>>One could argue that bending the element 90 degrees does not have the 
>>effects you discibe as linear loading.
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>>Have you actually tried it?
>>
>>73,
>>dave
>>wa3gin
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>>Richard Karlquist wrote:
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>>>>Folding the element does little to reduce the performance. It looks 
>>>>hokie, but it's simple, light weight, more efficient than lumped 
>>>>inductance. The wires have to clear whats underneath but it's a 
>>>>
>>>>wa3gin
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>>>No.  A properly designed lumped inductance is better than linear
>>>loading.  That's why many 80 meter Yagi owners have upgraded to
>>>W6ANR's aftermarket loading inductors, replacing the original linear
>>>loading.  Linear loading is a marketing concept to make you think
>>>you have eliminated the ohmic losses associated with loading 
>>>coils.  Instead, it *increases* the losses.  
>>>
>>>Rick N6RK
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