[TowerTalk] pointing antenna into wind.

[Bill Coleman]

On Mar 20, 2005, at 3:55 PM, daniel hearn wrote:

> I agree with Jims comments. I have considered the optimum direction to 
> park
> your beam during wind storms for minimum damage to beam and rotator. 
> You can
> see my analysis at www.sdxa.org under DX Tips in the Archive.

I think it depends on the size of the antenna, and its configuration. 
With my bracketed tower and A3S, I find it much better to turn the 
antenna with the element ends into the wind. This produces much less 
low-frequency noise generated from the tower in high winds.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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