[TowerTalk] Feeding Guys was Loading Guy Wires

[Jim]

The price and labor of using insulators, wire rope clips, thimbles, and 
or preforms, far outweighs the cost of Philistran.

Philistran is much cheaper.

73, Jim W7RY


Thanks, 73, Jim W7RY

On 9/19/2022 12:24 PM, Doug Ronald wrote:
> My commercial 80 foot tower with a log periodic on a mast 20 feet above the tower top has sections of steel wire rope spaced 8', 10', 10', 10', then 70' to the ground turnbuckles. The antenna itself is specified from 3 through 30 MHz. I have plenty of the insulators left over if anyone wants some, just $2 each...
> -W6DSR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of KD7JYK DM09
> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2022 22:49
> To: TowerTalk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Feeding Guys was Loading Guy Wires
>
>> 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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