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Topband: Shunt fed tower guying question

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Subject: Topband: Shunt fed tower guying question
From: Paul Kelley N1BUG <paul.kelley.n1bug@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:20:24 -0400
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Hi topbanders,

If I've missed an obvious answer to this question I apologize. I 
couldn't find any reference which really seems to provide an answer.

I'm getting ready to put up a tower which will be shunt fed for 160. 
  Preassembled guys broken up by insulators came with the used tower 
I bought. All guys have a double insulator at the tower end. That 
is, about 3 feet of wire, 502 insulator, 3 feet of wire, another 502 
insulator. After that the insulators were spaced at about 1/8 
wavelength. I'm not going as high with the tower, so my guy anchors 
won't be as far out. On the bottom set of guys I will have to cut 
the wire just before the next insulator. So I would have the double 
insulator near the tower, then about 60 feet of wire coming down to 
the anchor. Is that OK, or do I need to add an insulator back in 
near the anchor end? The higher sets won't have this problem as the 
length required will leave the next insulator assembly intact.

73,
Paul N1BUG


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