[Towertalk] Advice on Re-doing My Antennas

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/16/02 6:29:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wd3q@erols.com 
writes:

> -what's the recommended material for guying?

    I suspect that this is a self-supporting tower so properly installed it 
should require no additional guying. I won't discourage you from 
over-engineering it by using guys though. Obviously some kind of steel guys 
would work. Also Phillystran. What does the manufacturer recommend? (Well, 
TET isn't distributed in the States anymore but you can make some inferences 
from the GME or Create versions.)

>  -how high do I put the rotatable dipole over the tribander?  

    As far as practical? F12 recommends 12 feet spacing for their 40M 
antennas but it could probably be closer with the dipole parallel to the 
boom. 

>  -does the rotatable dipole go perpendicular or parallel to 
>    the tribander elements? 

    I'd try them both and see what happens. 

>  -does the rotatable dipole need a balun? 

    Yessireebob. You've got a balanced load fed by an unbalanced feedline.

Cheers,
Steve       K7LXC
TOWER TECH