[TowerTalk] Guy wire interaction - the devil is in the details

[00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu]

Note that George W2VJN and Pete N4ZR are both talking about having
the guy wire INSULATED from the top of the tower and noticing interaction
(actual or modeled, depending upon the story-teller) while K4VX is
talking about the guy wire CONNECTED to the top of the tower.  Regardless
of the validity of modeling, it is certainly true that having an insulator
right under the antenna at the top of the tower results in a high-impedance
point probing a location with maximum RF - thus tending to maximize any
potential problems whereas with connected guy wires there will tend to be
at least partial cancellation of the fields caused by the three guy wires
and the tower.   

Terry Zivney, N4TZ/9
00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu

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