[TowerTalk] Which Vertical is More Robust ?

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

Extreme tapering has its limits.  At some point, the vertical
will not stand up straight even in the absence of wind.  The top will
always bend over at some azimuth.  Now if you take the top
portion only of this vertical off and ground mount it, you will find
that it will stand up straight.  I don't know this from theory,
or even software.  Rather: actually building it.  Who knew?

This would probably be a great interview question for an ME...

Rick N6RK

On 1/1/2020 11:14 AM, Gedas wrote:
> Hi Gary. Wow that sounds like an awesome vertical ! 3" is pretty darn 
> beefy. You and Rick (and others off line) have answered my question. I 
> mean, I could have even found tapering solutions starting out at 1" and 
> ending up at 3/8" and I wondered how that would stack up against a "fat 
> cigar" in the same wind <g>. As I explained to Rick after 40 something 
>> 
> Gedas, W8BYA
>