[Antennas] Guy wire insulator spacing.

Sun, 08 Sep 2002 12:16:32 -0400

I thought the ARRL Handbook or Antenna Book had Guy Wire Insulator schemes
in them at one point? do they still? In any event just make sure none of
the sections are resonant at your operating frequencies and insert
insulators as needed to do so. It has GOT to be cheaper than Phillystran!

73's
Dave
WA4EMR

At 09:11 AM 9/8/02 -0700, Thomas Beltran wrote:
>> 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
>>
>
>Wow - you're not kidding, starting at $ 0.45 per foot, the price of the=
 guys
>would exceed the price of the tower!
>
>Here is the explanation, off the Texas Towers web site:
>
>"Phillystran is an electrically transparent nonmetallic guy cable which
>offers complete guy line isolation, eliminating the need for insulators.
>It's constructed of Kevlar=AE fiber, covered with an extruded copolymer=
 jacket
>which provides full UV protection.
>
>"All sizes except HPTG1200I are terminated using a special guy grip on each
>end. HPTG1200I is terminated using an end kit, consisting of four cable
>clamps, a thimble, and an end cap. "
>
>
>I have an tower, laying in the yard right now, because I haven't figured=
 out
>what to do for guy wires.  Tom W6EIJ
>
>
>
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