[TowerTalk] What diameter guywire for a 20ft mast - 2m vetical antenna? Sources?

[Dino Darling]

I would contact HRO in your area and get this....

http://www.synthetictextilesinc.com/supportham.html

1/8 would do it nicely!

Dino

At 09:37 AM 6/27/2006, Craig Sharrow wrote:

>I'm putting a 20' telescoping mast consisting of 2 10-ft 1.75" diameter tubing
>on top of the roof of my house, which will have a 9foot Diamond CP22E  2meter
>vertical antenna atop it.  I plan to have 4-guys at the top of the mast, and 4
>guys mid-mast.  The mast assembly will have a 3ft tv antenna tripod 
>as its base.
>
>I live in Marin County, California, half-way up a southeast-facing 800' hill
>that
>Sees occasional winter wind gusts of 50-60mph and often has 20-30mph winds
>
>Can I use the cheap 4-strand 20gauge RadioShack stuff or do I need something
>like 3/32" EHS?
>
>K9LEG at sharrow.com
>http://K9LEG.sharrow.com

Dino - K6RIX
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