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Old December 2nd 08, 04:34 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Art Unwin Art Unwin is offline
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On Dec 2, 6:09*am, Cecil Moore wrote:
JosephKK wrote:
wrote:
I've read some reports that such is due to the poor contact of the
twists in chicken wire.


I suppose soldering all the twists would fix it.


Probably would, but sounds damn tiresome.


Hardware cloth is already soldered.
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73, Cecil *http://www.w5dxp.com


Problem there Cecil is the windmill effect
on the rotor. Even tv antennas in the Midwest get a hammering
while power generastor windmills are sprouting all over the place
to harvest same. One of these huge windmills lost one of its blades a
short time ago