[TowerTalk] Antenna & Tower Wind Load Ratings

[Steve Maki]

On 6/16/2017 10:53 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:

> Vortex shedding is  well known.   Eles vibrate  up + down like crazy, like 6 Inches in total,
> in just a light breeze.  Ask anybody who own a 204BA or any wilson product.   Those swedged eles are a pita..and so is
> having to put rope inside the eles..which is still in the current Hy-gain  204-BA manual.

While rope in the elements is not what I'd call an elegant solution; it 
works, and works well in almost all cases to completely cure breeze 
flutter without having to toss an existing antenna in the trash and 
start from scratch.

-Steve K8LX