[TowerTalk] Wind Noise

[john at kk9a.com]

A Force 12 C3 is a small and light antenna. I have put them up just  
for contest weekends with a little help from my XYL and removed them  
afterwards. No lift is required if you're comfortable on a tower. I am  
not a mechanical engineer but it looks to me like it's design has an  
aggressive element taper which should minimize vibration and element  
breakage.  I once had a 6 element Telrex 20m beam with very large  
diameter elements going though the boom that made annoying vibration  
noise.

John  KK9A



Al Kozakiewicz AB2ZY wrote:

The antenna was assembled on the ground and hoisted into place with me  
alone on a bucket lift. Getting to the element ends would require  
either a lot of acrobatics standing on the roof, or spending another  
$400 to rent the lift again. That was the single most expensive  
element of the tower construction last fall

Thanks!

Al
AB2ZY