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[Towertalk] Need Antenna Advice!

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Subject: [Towertalk] Need Antenna Advice!
From: jimsmith@shaw.ca (Jim Smith)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:57:32 -0700
Say.... if done right we could get away with smaller towers.   Just suck 
in the boom and the elements and cut the wind load in half!

We could use lighter rotators too.  Of course, control box costs would 
go up as every time you turn the beam it would have to
1.  Disable the Tx
2.  Suck in the elements
3.  Turn the beam
4.  Extend the elements
5.  Enable the Tx

73 de Jim Smith    VE7FO


Jerry Kincade wrote:

>Clearly, the next evolutionary level will be a StepIR on a 36' motorized
>telescoping boom.
>73, Jerry W5KP
>



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