[Antennas] Shaking Antenna

Mon Sep 19 20:13:01 EDT 2005

Sounds like you have a cushcraft 5 element 6m Yagi. I am trying to damp one
now with aircraft cable in the elements, seems to be working so far but I'll
have to wait a year or so to see if an element fatigues apart like the last
one did. 
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:antennas-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of James Boyd
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 23:57
> To: antennas at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Antennas] Shaking Antenna
>> Dear Group,
> I've got a small 5 element 6-meter beam that shakes,
> or vibrates like no bodies business. Even when the
> wind is not blowing, this crazy thing will just dance
> like I've never seen before. It's so bad, that, I
> lost some pieces off of the stupid antenna while it
> was on my tower. Here is the question: Has anybody
> ever had this problem, and if so, what did you do
> about it.
>> Thank you,
> Jim
> KB9VTM
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