At 9:27 AM -0800 11/10/97, Charles H. Harpole wrote:
>Likewise, does it not follow that if a free-wheeling beam antenna turns in
>a specific direction, that fact is because that is the position of
>least pressure on its parts?
Weathervaning illustrates a position of =equal= pressure, not necessarily
minimum pressure. Positions of equal and minimum pressure often coincide,
but I don't believe there is any physical law that says they have to.
73, Dick
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