- 1. [TowerTalk] bottom or top? (score: 1)
- Author: k4oj@ij.net (Jim White, K4OJ)
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:02:32 -0500
- OK - which is better, and why? Element to boom plate mounted on top side of boom, element is above boom -or Element to boom plate mounted on bottom side of boom, element is hanging below boom TNX 73,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00318.html (7,476 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] bottom or top? (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:54:19 EST
- Having the elements UNDER the boom makes the most sense mechanically for installation and forces up in the air. The KLM's are the only ones I can recall that want elements above the boom. But I don't
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00320.html (7,929 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] bottom or top? (score: 1)
- Author: wb8jkr@juno.com (Mark S Graalman)
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 18:13:49 EST
- I've always put the elements on top of the boom. No particular reason, I just thought if the elements are on top then the boom itself fully supports the weight of the elements and the element to boom
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00321.html (9,104 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] bottom or top? (score: 1)
- Author: rthorne@tcac.net (Richard Thorne)
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:17:33 -0600
- I vote for below, thats where Newton intended it. -- 73, Richard Thorne - N5ZC (Ex. KA2DSY, N2BHP, WB5M) Amarillo, TX -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00323.html (8,452 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] bottom or top? (score: 1)
- Author: alsopb@gloryroad.net (alsopb)
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:36:07 +0000
- Top of the boom is the wrong place. From a physics standpoint there is no "restoring" force to prevent an element going cockeyed from staying there or getting worse. The opposite holds true when moun
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00329.html (10,405 bytes)
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