[TowerTalk] "Magic" length from tower to first insulator

[K4RO Kirk Pickering]

The article written by Steve is available for all to read at the NCJ web 
site. "Another Look at Guy Wire Interactions" is listed under the 
Featured Articles section on the NCJ home page.

http://ncjweb.com/

--Kirk K4RO


On 3/16/2016 9:38 AM, Steve London wrote:
> First of all, 10 to 13 feet guy wire length, before adding the first
> insulator, would be absolutely the worst thing to do if you have a 15
> meter antenna in the vicinity. Think about it - you have created a
> resonant 1/2 wavelength 15 meter element consisting of two 1/4
> wavelength wires, interconnected by the tower section.
>
> I recently wrote an article, published in the Novemeber/December 2015
> NCJ, on the subject of modeling and choosing guy wire lengths. It
> partially debunked the old table in the ARRL Antenna Book of "good" guy
> wire lengths.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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