[TowerTalk] MACAntenna

[jimlux]

Brian Gieryk wrote:
> Perhaps a typo on their site, or an oversight, but how cane one have a  
> turning radius (20 ft, 1 in.) LESS than the boom length (20 ft, 6 in.)?
> 
> Brian
> KE6IYC
> 
>

You're going to feel silly, when you realize it

radius = half diameter...

just the 20 foot boom has a 10ft turning radius..

What the 20 ft radius means is that the element length is approximately

  2* sqrt(20^2-10^2)