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Re: [TowerTalk] Non resonant guy considerations

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Non resonant guy considerations
From: Crownhaven <crownhaven@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:30:09 -0500
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The only thing I can speak to regarding this issue is.......when I put up a tower with steel guys vs. no guys (bracketed tower), I found it virtually impossible to get my 40 and 80 meter inverted vees, hung off the tower, to play. I finally got a decent SWR out of them but it was like tuning a 160 meter sloper. I nearly had to find an antenna analyzer. I replaced the steel guys with Phyillistran and everything was cool everywhere. I don't think I would ever use steel guy wires again.

Steve, N4JQQ


On 4/30/2013 4:50 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
From: Steve MIller
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:52 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Non resonant guy considerations

Patrick,

       I don't think I would worry much about it.   I'm sure opinions differ but try it 
without first and if everything plays well, go with it.  If not, you can always break up 
the lines.   Lew Gordon did a study on hf and found that there was little difference 
between having the guys broken or one solid piece.   I have an 80' tower with no 
insulators.  My 2M5WL is 13' about that and I've had no problem working the 
"dx" --  here that basically means east coast though I have worked Wyoming, 
Texas, and New Mexico as well as Connecticut and other east coast stations on 2M.  (I 
must admit that was a few years ago but little has changed on my tower since).    Steve 
N0SM

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