[TowerTalk] Re: my Phillystran question

[Tom Rauch]

From:           	K7GCO@aol.com
Date sent:      	Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:05:26 EDT
Subject:        	Re: [TowerTalk] Re:  my Phillystran question
To:             	towertalk@contesting.com, ndavis@vt.edu

> Computer test show you only need 1/2 WL of Phillystrand form the tower
> down to isolate the beam from any affect of the guys from there on down. 
> On 20M use 36' Phillystrand guys starting at the tower.  The lower metal
> guys can be a 1/4 Wave on 80 or 40 depending on the tower height with
> radials around the ground tie point.  Put the guys to work.  k7gco

This depends on the size of the antenna, and the pattern of the 
antenna. With small directional antennas, spaced well above the 
guy lines, that statement is most likely correct.

It should not be used as a general rule in all cases.

What you want is the guy line out of the field of the antenna, so 
there are many cases where the suggestion above won't work.


73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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