I would have secured it with the pvc at about two thirds of the way up. I think it would hold the antenna more rigidly. If you moved the pvc it would probably change the physical resonance of the antenna and if that's the source of the sound it should go away.
Greg On Apr 3, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Mike wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of AJ > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 9:47 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pan flutes on the tower > > > > Got pics? > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> If it was the pipe, wouldn't the tone be a single tone? It goes up and > >> down > >> in scale and makes what sounds like 4 notes. Even with the lasso at the > >> top > >> to stabilize the stick, the antenna does bow a bit in the wind and that's > >> when the tone changes. If I put more of those "lassos" down the antenna > to > >> stabilize it, would it stop? Maybe if it IS the pvc I'd have an 8 part > >> tune! > >> > >> The poly rope goes through the PVC and is knotted. Do you think enough > air > >> still goes by it to make a tune? > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >> Behalf Of Charles Hooper > >> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 9:28 AM > >> To: WISPA General List > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pan flutes on the tower > >> > >> Have you tried plugging the ends of the PVC to see if the sound > >> subsides? If you're lucky, it's not the antenna but the sound of the > >> wind passing through the pipe (it sounds like it gets windy up there!) > >> > >> -- Charles > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > >> > >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >> > >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
