On 9/27/2021 4:37 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
Place an engineer and mathematician on one goal line of a football
field with a comely cheerleader on the other goal line. If you tell
the engineer and mathematician the can go to her but can only go half
the distance at a time, the mathematician wil
> Reminds me of the Engineers' interpretation of the glass being half
> empty or half full - It's actually larger than it needs to be.
Or the difference between an engineer and mathematician ...
Place an engineer and mathematician on one goal line of a football
field with a comely cheerleader o
Gents:
I've heard Engineering described as the art of approximation.
Reminds me of the Engineers' interpretation of the glass being half
empty or half full - It's actually larger than it needs to be.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F, PE
THAT'S what good engineering is all about! It's not about
My hunch is that your problem is the wire you are using. My inv. L
is strung with hard drawn 7 strand bare AWG 14 copper. Multi-strand
or solid soft drawn will probably break on you eventually.
73
Rob
K5UJ
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On 9/26/2021 12:05 AM, Jim Monahan wrote:
On my property, I have an endless number of trees so
I try to use the largest trees which will sway less to
minimize stress on the installation.
This correctly considers the options available to each of us afforded by
the details of our own real estate
The pulley system is probably the best way to go as
others have noted.
As an option, perhaps, I use springs selected from Home
Depot that are about 6 inches long. I put a loop
of dacron between each end of the spring just in case
of failure.
They are installed at each end of the supports between
