[TowerTalk] Wind and the antenna

[Cox, Norman R.]

Yes, I guess it depends.  If you have very small elements and a long boom, that would certainly make sense.  With large HF arrays, I guess I would try to orient the antenna to  lesson torquing around.  At my QTH, the wind continuously changes directions, in gusts.

Norm
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wind and the antenna

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