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[TowerTalk] Re: Antenna element vibration damping - How

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Antenna element vibration damping - How
From: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
Date: Mon Aug 11 11:27:56 2003
In a message dated 8/11/03 3:48:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, k1ttt@arrl.net 
writes:

> How do you design elements so they don't vibrate?

    Design them ala' F12 with an aggressive taper schedule (start big and 
taper rapidly) so that the elements are not the same size for their entire 
length. That will eliminate the low windspeed vibrations. 

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
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