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Ed,
I'm certainly no expert on wind loading, so don't take any of this as 'gospel'. Having said that, I've found that winds in the 75 mph range can tear up almost anything, even if it is guyed. That's from living in "Tornado-Alley" and seeing things laying on the ground that shouldn't be. I figure guying is at least a sort of good insurance thingy. If you get a lot of salt water where you live, I'd also take a few precautions about treating the antenna in some way to help prevent that corrosion. No ideas about that since I don't have much salt water where I live. There has to be something that will help at any rate. And lastly, your vertical at 20-30 feet tall just ain't gonna work super-well on the lower bands where it's not going to be sort of close to 1/4 wave length (mobile 80 meter antennas come to mind). If you are happy with that performance, then big deal, who cares, it works. - 'Doc (None of these thoughts are all that 'fantastic', mostly just 'what- if's and 'common sense'. Also probably included in that list of mistakes I've made before.) |
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