[TowerTalk] Tension on tramline

[Pete Smith]

At 11:09 AM 4/4/04, K2XA wrote:
>It is my understanding that a catenary is used to raise antennas over
>obstructions, like trees, houses, guywires, other antennas, etc.  If the
>cantenary line is so slack as to be almost vertical, then what purpose does
>it serve?  You can just raise the antenna straight up the tower if there are
>no obstructions.  73  Saul  K2XA


Saul -- I was just using that to illustrate one "limiting" case. It's the 
in-between cases that are practical, as you point out.


73, Pete N4ZR
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