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Re: [TowerTalk] Opposing boom to mast plates?

To: K7LXC@aol.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Opposing boom to mast plates?
From: Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:14:53 -0500
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If someone has a copy of or link to that article, I would like to read it.
The logic of it mystifies me.
I would think the Yagis, assuming they are pointing the same direction,
would put twisting torque and bending moments in the same direction no
matter which side of the mast they were attached to.

Chuck W5PR

On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 10:58 AM k7lxc--- via TowerTalk <
towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:

> >  Any consensus on mounting two yagis on opposite sides of the mast?
> YES. It is the preferred method. Dick Weber, K5IU, a Professional Engineer,
> wrote an article for QEX some years ago that made it quite clear that that
> was the way to go due to opposing vectors.  Cheers,Steve     K7LXCTOWER TECH
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