[TowerTalk] Insulator Placement Clarification

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Dick,

Before I leap to an answer, how many and what types of antennas will be supported by your tower?

As you can already see from your responses, the most favored approach is
to use Phillystran or fiberglas (I use over 15,000 feet of fiberglas on over 100 guy wires on my nine 130 to 200 foot towers). Otherwise prepare to install many insulators for optimum performance.

If you're willing to sacrifice performance, you can try using no insulators at all, but YMMV...  Many hams who've made a major capital and labor investment in a tower and antennas prefer to take the least risky, highest electrical performance approach and go with Phillystran or fiberglas.

73!
Frank
W3LPL

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:08:47 -0400
>From: "Dick, W1KSZ" <w1ksz at earthlink.net>  
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk]  Insulator Placement Clarification  
>To: donovanf at starpower.net
>
>How about after the second insulator ?
>The tower is 80' of Rohn 45. The top guy is 93' and
>the bottom guy is 73'. Is it the same for both guys ?
>
>Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ
>
>ps: First guyed tower in 50+ years. Had a 51' crank-up
>for the last 25.
>
>donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
>> Dick,
>> 
>> Same answer:  No more than 3 feet to the first insulator, then 8 more feet to the second insulator.
>> 
>> 73!
>> Frank
>> W3LPL
>> 
>> ---- Original message ----
>>> Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:26:42 -0400
>>> From: "Dick, W1KSZ" <w1ksz at earthlink.net>  
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk]  Insulator Placement Clarification  
>>> To: TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
>>>
>>> Dumb question of the week:
>>> What if the antenna is a Log Periodic (10-30 MHz?
>>>
>>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>>>
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>-- 
>73, Dick, W1KSZ