[Antennas] Guy wire insulator spacing.

Sat, 7 Sep 2002 21:03:18 -0400

The non-conductive stuff is called Phylistran.  And Texas Towers can fix
you up with it.  It's expensive but works great!!!  www.texastowers.com

The alternative is to check the ARRL Antenna book (might be in the
handbook too).  It will give you lengths to cut and how to insulate
conductive guy wire (grounded or not).

Under no circumstances should you just use a continuous piece of
conductive guy wire.  They can easily affect the radiation patterns of
any and all antennas on or nearby the tower.

Just my 2 cents worth.....

73,

Dave, N1PC

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karl Kanalz
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 8:45 PM
To: 'F.R. Ashley'; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Antennas] Guy wire insulator spacing.

Your best solution, Buddy, is to use an insulated guy wire (call "Texas 
Towers" in Plano, Texas for more info), but I think you'll find if you
read 
the ARRL Antenna Handbook (later years, often called the "Antenna 
Compendium"), you see they recommend breaking up the conductive guy
wires 
with some hefty "Johnny Balls" with guy wire lengths that are under a 
quarter-wavelength long at the highest frequency you plan to operate....

Usually, an odd fraction of that highest wavelength.....

Karl K - W8TIF
McKinney, Texas

-----Original Message-----
From:	F.R. Ashley [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:	Saturday, September 07, 2002 5:57 PM
To:	[email protected]
Subject:	[Antennas] Guy wire insulator spacing.

Hello all,

Can someone please give me the distance between insulators in guy wire
that 
will guy a tower with a triband (10/15/20) beam?

Thanx
WB4M Buddy

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