[Antennas] Guy Wires

Sat, 7 Sep 2002 21:50:43 -0400

Live tower or not. The length of guys can have a profound effect on an
installation. Follow accepted guy wire grounding/safety attachment to
anchors. Insulators must be compression type. Never ground a tower directly
through its concrete base. While concrete is conductive (water soaked), it
is a virtual firecracker/bomb waiting for lightning. The water expands
reducing the base to shrapnel. Cad weld / bolt all grounds. NEVER solder
them.73, W2WU

------ Original Message -----
From: Dave - N1PC <[email protected]>
To: 'Karl Kanalz' <[email protected]>; 'F.R. Ashley'
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: 07 September, 2002 21:03
Subject: RE: [Antennas] Guy wire insulator spacing.

> 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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