[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 103, Issue 26

[Don Wilhelm]

If you mount it with the arms curved downward, the problem is 
mechanical.  The weight of the arms no longer hold the wires taut, and 
the wires no longer limit the amount of curve in the supporting arms.

Consider what happens if the wires and arms are ice coated thereby 
increasing their weight - the arms will curve more downward and the 
wires will go slack.  With it mounted properly with the curvature up. 
that cannot happen unless the weight of ice gets so great that the wires 
break.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/14/2012 1:44 PM, P.J.Hicks wrote:
> I have only seen pictures of a Hex Beam so really have no 'feel' for it. In all the oics it is mounted 'bowl' fashion with the curvature up. What would be the effect of mounting it 'down' umbrella style?
>