"Maybe if/when I put a non-conducting compensating element at the other end
it will balance the weight okay."
I have found that the convenient fact of plumbing being sized for ID versus
booms being sized by OD allows you to use common PVC over the boom as a
near-non wind loading balancing aide.
By slipping a length over the boom near the light end you can slide it til
you get your mechanical balance and at the point put a sheet metal screw
through the PVC into the boom - voila.......and no electrical variations
either!
Oh yeah, its cheap, too!
I am developing some 5 element ten meter beam designs on YO now, where are
you all getting your 105CA dimensions from?
73,
Jim, K4OJ
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