[TowerTalk] Feeding Guys was Loading Guy Wires

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Sure, there have been such charts over the years.  My point was that 
making segments of guys into resonant lengths would seem like a risky 
endeavor for the performance of the antennas on the tower, especially 
given the harmonic relationship of our bands.

That said, for years I had a 4-element K3LR-style vertical array for 80M 
on my tower, and noticed no impact on the stacked tribanders inside the 
array.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 9/18/2022 1:48 AM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
>> Phillystran turned that into a much better antenna.  I suspect that 
>> making sections of guy resonant on one of the bands could have some 
>> unexpected effects on other antennas on the tower. Or, it might work 
>> fine.
>
> I'd have to dig out some old books, but didn't the ARRL Handbook have 
> a chart of all metallic guy lengths to avoid to prevent interactions, 
> and resonance?
>
> Like the image on the left here:
>
> https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lOK9wj3pL30/WQvMHmLNnHI/AAAAAAAACj8/fKDc1jzvZjAayfvoO7x5P-tFkb7FhsRkACLcB/s1600/arrl_vs_n2ic_guy_interactions_vs_length.png 
>
>
> It's been nearly thirty years since I've referenced it, I use 
> synthetic materials now.
>
> Kurt
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