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1. [TowerTalk] Parking the beam (score: 1)
Author: "David Cook" <davec@netdave.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 21:57:56 -0700
Ok, yet again I haven't checked the archives, so please flame me for what is probably a fequently asked question. I have my spankin' new tower and TH3 beam up at long last and I was thinking that it
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00371.html (7,376 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Parking the beam (score: 1)
Author: "Paul Playford" <w8aef@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:56:57 -0000
A mast clamp once broke on one of my installations and I found the yagi prefered to point away from the wind, which is what I do with my monobander stack now. However my WARC-7 prefers to point into
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00375.html (8,745 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Parking the beam (score: 1)
Author: "Dan" <dhearn@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 17:15:42 -0700
Dave: I believe that the proper way to park your beam is with the boom end pointing into the wind. Most beams are mounted to the mast at the center of gravity (balance point). Since the reflector is
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00384.html (9,743 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Parking the beam (score: 1)
Author: Fred Roberts <w6tkv@arrl.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:47:59 -0700
Dan I think it's pretty clear that a beam is wind-load balanced pointing into or away from the wind, and when it is rotated 90 degrees the boom is wind-load unbalanced. The wind, however, doesn't see
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00399.html (11,312 bytes)

5. RE: [TowerTalk] Parking the beam (score: 1)
Author: "David Cook" <davec@netdave.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:17:34 -0700
I hope you folks don't mind my bringing this subject up again, but I finally got some emperical results to this question. I received a lot of mixed opinions on whether to point the beam into the wind
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-10/msg00257.html (9,540 bytes)

6. RE: [TowerTalk] Parking the beam (score: 1)
Author: Rex Lint <rex@lint.mv.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:31:27 -0400
David, The "prevailing wind" might not be the best selection: you should select a direction that the wind blows from when it's foul. Look at your local airport: what is their ILS runway? That'll tell
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-10/msg00261.html (11,089 bytes)

7. RE: [TowerTalk] Parking the beam (score: 1)
Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:47:50 -0400
At 02:17 PM 10/12/03 -0700, David Cook wrote: In my QTH here in Seattle, the prevailing wind is due SW, so parking the beam at 320 degrees is the perfect spot. Thanks for all the comments on this que
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-10/msg00263.html (8,043 bytes)


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