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"Dick, AA5VU" wrote:

I am planning to put up an inverted-L along side my tower per the
drawing at

http://www.bloomington.in.us/~wh2t/invertedl.html

I would appreciate some suggestions for 12 and 30 inches stand offs
to support the 12g insulated wire I plan to use. Also the wire needs to
be secured at the top before it bends over. Any suggestions to keep it
from slipping at that point will be appreciated.

I plan to ball part the length at 130 feet and see what happens.

Dick, AA5VU
call at ARRL.net

I just got back from Home Depot and the sell some treated (nasty
smelling) 2 x 2 deck post that are 3 feet long for $.99 each. I will be
using one at the top and one at the bottom to keep the antenna wire away
from the tower. I stripped the old stuff off the tower this week and
hope to have the 160 meter Inverted-L for RTTY up in a week or so. I am
getting too old for this tower climbing stuff. HiHi

Thanks for the excellent suggestions.