[TowerTalk] Insulating towers

[Patrick Greenlee]

Any thoughts on insulating a tower?  I have some Rohn 25 that I want to use 
to make a home brew version of a Hy-Gain Hy-Tower multi-band vertical.  I am 
considering two approaches:

1.  Buy a plastic cutting board to cut up for material to home brew 
insulators to be electrically between the tilt base and the tower proper. (I 
have a friend with MS Mech Eng and 35 years hands on experience who will, if 
asked, consult on this or help me design it.)

2. Pay the $ and buy 3 insulators from Hy-Gain as replacement parts for a 
HY-Gain Hy-Tower antenna.

Any thoughts on item 1 or other ideas to git 'er done.

Patrick NJ5G

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Lux
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 12:58 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Raising Towers

On 12/26/13 10:41 AM, Hector Garcia,XE2K wrote:
> Some very interesting ideas, very ingenious and a lot to avoid
> I got scare with his double braid rope as lanyard @200ft tower

Well, if you're raising it in your (big) backyard, and you're aware of
the risks, then you can use dental floss if you think it will work.

> not FAA lights on 200ft towers?
That would be a problem..  Maybe his "200 foot" tower is actually 199
ft, 6", and exempt.

> those bungee cords as insulators or for  tension ?
I'm thinking some sort of shock absorption.

> the anchor in the wash
> no insulators in the guy wires.

if the guy doesn't happen to be "the wrong length", then there's no
particular reason for insulators (unless you're feeding the tower as the
radiator)

> some good things to use  and some ones to avoid  from my point of view
> be safe
>
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