[TowerTalk] Stepper Antennas and Shunt Feed Towers

[Dick Green WC1M]

I have a related question: How close to the tower can the shunt wire be?

I'm putting up a 3-stack of 4-el SteppIRs on TIC rings (the top one is up
already.) A shunt feed wire would have to be threaded through the TIC rings,
giving it only a few inches of clearance from the tower and ring. Assuming I
can fabricate standoffs that will keep the wire from touching any metal
parts, will the proximity of the wire to the tower and/or ring cause
problems? One person suggested spacing the wire further from the tower
between rings, then looping in to thread through each ring. Any reason to do
that?

Perhaps I should consider a different type of antenna for 160m?

73, Dick WC1M 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Klein [mailto:howk2 at hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:14 PM
> To: w4to at charter.net
> Cc: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Stepper Antennas and Shunt Feed Towers
> 
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Stepper Antennas and Shunt Feed Towers
> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:13:46 -0500
> 
> Has anyone used a stepper antennas mounted on a shunt feed 
> tower? What kind of experiences have you had?
> 
> 73...Don...W4TO
> 
> __Don,
> I have had good results with a two stack of 4 element 
> SteppIR's. I find I do best when all el's are retracted. No 
> arcing noted.
> 73,
> Howard..K2HK
> 
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