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Subject: [TowerTalk] Room For Shorty Above TH11
From: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 10:41:31 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 97-04-03 07:06:21 EST, w2up@Op.Net (Barry Kutner) writes:

> >      My favorite trick with the (stupid) aluminum boom support for the
402CD
>  > is to mount it UNDERNEATH the antenna.  Much easier to install and you
can
>  > push the boom up higher than you would otherwise.  
>  > 
>  Don't do it! There have been cases of the supports buckling when 
>  placed underneath.
>  
       Actually I don't install the truss at all unless the station owner
INSISTS that I do.  Here in the Pacific NW I haven't lost one due to wind
damage so I'll keep doing it.  Antenna icing is quite rare here so that's not
a concern.

      Were the collapses due to ice loading?  In that case, mounting
underneath might not be such a good idea.  YMMV.

73,  Steve   K7LXC



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