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Re: [TowerTalk] K-Factor capacities

To: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>,"Tower Talk List" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] K-Factor capacities
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:18:13 -0400
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Crude is right!  For purposes of calculating the K factor, Yaesu assumes that 
the entire weight of the antenna is at the turning radius.  As far as I can 
tell, the only thing that this does for them is to encourage people to get 
bigger rotators than perhaps they need.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 10:25 AM 7/25/2006, Jim Brown wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:52:29 -0700, Michael Tope wrote:
>
>>That's a different K-factor, Jim. In rotator speak, K-factor is a crude
>>measure of how much antenna a rotator can safely turn:
>
>Thanks, Mike.
>
>Jim
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