[Antennas] Shaking Antenna

[Eric Lemmon]

James,

It is for this very reason that commercial antennas are made with solid
rod elements that are welded to an extremely robust center support.  In
an emergency, I have occasionally used inexpensive antennas built with
flimsy tubular elements, but have found that they seldom survive more
than a few days on a windy peak.  A large bird roosting on a cheap
antenna's element can break it easily.

The answer to your problem is to use a heavy-duty, commercial-grade
antenna.

73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY

> James Boyd wrote:
>
> I've got a small 5 element 6-meter beam that shakes, or vibrates like
> nobody's 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?