[TowerTalk] EHS VS PHILLYSTRAN

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FROM: SAM EFFINGER  K9SD
SUBJECT: EHS VS PHILLYSTRAN
I also thought the price of Phillystran was rather high so I elected to
make the first 50 foot of each guy wire Phillystran.  This should
have no effect on any antennas which are side mounted.

I got the idea from this reflector...

Still the price of guying a couple of 120 footers is very high.  I bought
a box 505 of insulators from Porcelan products for $3.70 each.  They are
sold in boxes of 50.

I bought a box of 100 3/16 ehs guy grips from Preformed Line Products for
something like $3 each.  I bought the guy wire at Dayton and the tower
is both new and used.

I used 6 inch pipe 13 foot long and buried it 7 feet with the top of the
hole 3x3 and the remaining 4 foot was a hole 16 inches wide and filled it with
concrete.

I bought some turnbuckles at Dayton for $5 each and the rest from
Mc Master Carr for 18.50 each.

I bought guy equalizers from Hill Radio in Bloomington Il.

I bought the new Rohn bolts from Hill radio for $2 a set...which is
six bolts.


I bought (3) used KT34xa for $200 each with another $40 for the
up-grade kit.

The chrome molly masts 24 foot long were bought in STL. and galvinized
for a total cost of $250 per mast.

This is a run down of what I have been doing for the last year.  I hope
this helps someone. In the mean time I finished off the basement poured
a driveway and had a back operation...

The towers are just barely started and hope to be on for the HF Championships
in July...


This doesn't include rotators/side mounts ....I must say this is a large
outlay for a modest station...


73/Sam   K9SD  (South Dakota in Illinois)



                  K9SD

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