[TowerTalk] Non resonant guy considerations

[Patrick Greenlee]

I think I got it... Phillystran (or other non nonconductor good... steel 
bad...

Anyone with a reasoned opinion re my question regarding VHF and UHF antennas 
on a tower?  At some point breaking the guys into non resonant lengths 
becomes nearly impossible as wavelength gets shorter and shorter. I wonder 
about at what freq it is no longer needed?

Patrick AF5CK

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim W7RY
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:00 PM
To: Crownhaven ; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Non resonant guy considerations

>>>I don't think I would ever use steel guy wires again.

>>>>Steve, N4JQQ

I absolutely agree!!

73
Jim W7RY


On 4/30/2013 4:50 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
> From: Steve MIller
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:52 PM
> To: Patrick Greenlee
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Non resonant guy considerations
>
> Patrick,
>
>        I don't think I would worry much about it.   I'm sure opinions 
> differ but try it without first and if everything plays well, go with it. 
> If not, you can always break up the lines.   Lew Gordon did a study on hf 
> and found that there was little difference between having the guys broken 
> or one solid piece.   I have an 80' tower with no insulators.  My 2M5WL is 
> 13' about that and I've had no problem working the "dx" --  here that 
> basically means east coast though I have worked Wyoming, Texas, and New 
> Mexico as well as Connecticut and other east coast stations on 2M.  (I 
> must admit that was a few years ago but little has changed on my tower 
> since).    Steve N0SM

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