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Old August 11th 07, 08:04 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Rope instead of wire for guys


What do you all think of using heavy duty nylon rope instead of wire for
guys?

I have a Rohn 25G up 50 feet with a 2M/220/440 vertical on a 10-foot mast
on top of the tower. It is guyed at 30 feet with standard steel guy wire.
I was just up the top of it two days ago installing the vertical, and it
seems rock solid.

Now my next project is to put up a 3-element tribander, and while my guess
is it'll probably be OK without any additional guying, the paranoid in me
says "hey, bozo... put up another set of guys!".

I'm wondering if heavy duty nylon rope will be sufficient. It'll sure be
easier to work with, and there won't be the issue of having to break up
the guys every so often to keep them from resonating.

There is a ham on the other side of town that has FOUR (4) Rohn 25G's up
120 feet each, arranged in a square, and fed with a phasing network as
phased verticals for 80 meters. Each of the four towers is guyed in two
or three places with polypropylene rope. Been up a long time and seems
OK. But, there isn't a tribander and rotator on top.




 
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