[Antennas] RE: Guy wire insulator spacing.
Karl Kanalz
[email protected]
Sat, 7 Sep 2002 19:47:56 -0500
I don't think so, Chris. Better check your recommendations again...
Karl K - W8TIF
McKinney, Texas
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 6:50 PM
To: F.R. Ashley
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Subject: Re: [Antennas] Guy wire insulator spacing.
If you are putting a beam on the top of the tower, you dont need
any insulators in the guys wires...
Insulators IN guy wires are only needed IF the tower itself will
be a radiator OR the guy wires resonant at an active freq used
by an antenna on the tower (yagi OR wire antenna)...
As long as you ground the guy wires at gnd and to the tower itself,
this will cause the guys to be non resonant to any band you want to
use...NOW if you intend to hang dipoles, etc off the side, that may
be a different issue.....but with only a yagi on top, you do not need
insulators.
Chris
WB5ITT