[Antennas] Guy Wires

Sun, 7 Apr 2002 21:16:54 -0500

If you are not planning to load the tower as a shunt fed vertical, I
would not use any insulators.

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 19:53:19 -0500 James E Boyd <[email protected]> writes:
> Dear Group,
> With all the wind that we have been having here in Illinois, I've 
> decided
> to put a set of guy wires on my tower.  Its only 40 ft high, and I 
> have
> two beams on top.  I work 10 through 40 meters.  Here is my 
> question? 
> Using only one set of guy wires, what would be the proper spacing of 
> the
> insolators?  I was told that ARRL has a guide that deals with this
> subject, but I can't find it.  A fellow ham told me that just so the
> insolators are not at the 33 ft mark.
> 
> 73
> Jim
> kb9vtm
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