[TowerTalk] Wind and the antenna

[Edward McCann]

In my experience, head the beam into the wind, like the bow of a boat. All elements are then subject to symmetrical loading. At ninety degree angles, individual elements sometimes whip around on their own course, and occasionally into some sort of mechanical resonance.
AG6CX

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> On Jan 6, 2016, at 7:49 AM, Kent Olsen <kilo6dko at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am going through my first real wind event here since I put up my tower
> and beam. I am in a wind protected valley but the wind this time is blowing
> up the valley to the north so it is a bit stronger than I have seen.
> Nothing over 40 to 45 mph in a gust.
> 
> 
> Is it better to turn the beam into or away from the wind??
> 
> -- 
> Thanks
> 73
> Kent
> NC6B
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