I prefer metallic guys. If breaking them up with "egg" insulators is no
problem, I would recommend "high tensile" agricultural fencing. In our area
it is available an any farmer's supply, at low cost. It is about a #12 or
#14 galvanised hardened steel srand of wire with similar characteristics as
one strand used to make e.h.s. tower guying cable. Just tightly wrap the
ends 7 or 8 turns or more at each termination point and it should last for
ever. The stuff is springy but manageable.
Never, ever use cheap 6-strand "TV antenna guy wire." That stuff must have
been designed to sell new TV antennas. It literally rots on the spot. I
put up a TV pushup mast vertical back in the 70's using it, and the guy
wires completely rusted away in less than two years. That antenna would
probably still be up if I had used good solid stand galvanised steel.
Don k4kyv
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