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Old October 10th 14, 07:27 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default A cheap wind-up and tilt-over tower?

rickman wrote in :

I think you are getting confused. If the wind makes the antenna bend,
any asymmetry would be along the direction the wind is blowing and so
have no torsional force.


Want to bet? It will oscillate, displacing energy into any possible
motion that is not directly restrained. I ought to know, I sat watching it
often wnough.