OOPS ! My OldTimers is showing...
I remembered the 33-35 ft but forgot that the problem
you were trying to solve was on 40M :- (
What's a 'guy' to do? ;-)
Tom N4KG
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:21:15 -0400 Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
writes:
> At 04:21 PM 4/16/02 -0600, n4kg@juno.com wrote:
> >N4ZR has recommended at least 1/2 WL of insulated guy
> >(of the Lowest Frequency Antenna on the tower )
> >between the top to the tower and a continuous
> >conductive guy wire. That's 35 ft for 20M.
> >I'd go with at least 50' for the top guy and maybe
> >even the next lower guy (or ALL guys).
>
>
> I don't recall that. I was advised that 1/4 wave was minimal and
> reported
> anecdotally that when I went from 21 feet of nonconductive guy to my
> entire
> top guy being Philly, my 40m yagi on top seemed to work better.
>
>
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