It looks like my wife has agreed to the idea of my putting up a small tribander
in the woods behind our house. After doing some looking around, what seems to
fit the bill of a low profile set-up is a Mosley Mini-33A WARC on a 30 foot
mast & concrete-mounted tipping base as supplied by Charles Penninger, KC9DAO
(www.penninger.com) . The rotor (my rebuilt then stored HD73) will be
base-mounted. Obviously the mast will have upper & lower sets of guys &
rotating guy rings.
With that brief description of my plans, and having never raised a tribander
(except on a low roof-mounted tripod) I've a few questions:
1) What would be an appropriate guying "system"? Phillystran or something else?
I assume 5/16" Dacron line is NOT recommended.
2) How is proper guy tension determined?
3)What is the best method for anchoring the guys? Earth anchors? Cement? Heck,
could I bolt the guys to the bases of the nearby trees (8-12+ inches in
diameter)? .... admittedly this sounds a little dumb.
Antenna issues aside .... I realize this is a compromise antenna as compared to
a C3SS or SteppIr .... Is there anything "wrong" with this set-up? What other
things should I consider?
Frank, W1NK
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