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

[Tom Rauch]

Hi Dave,

You are right. Virtually ALL charts ignore capacitance across the 
strain insulators, and the self-capacitance of the loop ends.

Because of that, most non-resonant lengths listed are somewhat  
incorrect.

> Hello to all concerned:
> Wouldn't egg-insulated guys act sorta like a ccd antenna ... ?
> What a modelling nightmare -- or is it?
> -73- Dave, K3BHJ.


73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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