I think I got it... Phillystran (or other non nonconductor good... steel
bad...
Anyone with a reasoned opinion re my question regarding VHF and UHF antennas
on a tower? At some point breaking the guys into non resonant lengths
becomes nearly impossible as wavelength gets shorter and shorter. I wonder
about at what freq it is no longer needed?
Patrick AF5CK
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim W7RY
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:00 PM
To: Crownhaven ; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Non resonant guy considerations
I don't think I would ever use steel guy wires again.
Steve, N4JQQ
I absolutely agree!!
73
Jim W7RY
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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