[TowerTalk] Guys lines and yagis

[Steve Maki]

Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com> wrote:

>So tell me, how many cases did you model to confirm your 
>K7GCO rule always works? Can we expect other tower owners to 
>go out and remove the insulators breaking up their guylines with no 
>ill effects, as long as those guy lines are 1/2 wl from the antenna 
>and tower?'

One of the reasons I went with non-conductive guys virtually right
to the ground, is that wire antennas and beverages are likely to
sprout up around here, at any place, at any time, at the slightest
provocation.

I have no control over this :-).  So I figured I'd do it (the guys)
once, and be done with it.

--
Steve K8LX

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