Greetings:
I am looking at a chart from the ARRL antenna book that relates to
breaking up guys to avoid resonances. I notice that there are two
possible lengths of interest; 27.5' looks like it will be good on
all bands, including WARC. while 58' looks like it will work well
on all but 24 MHz.
My primary interest is contesting, so I can really live without
the WARC bands, or at worst, some pattern distortion should I
decide later to put up a yagi for 12 and 17.
I intend to run stacks, so will break up every guy wire, as some
antennas will ultimately be "looking" through a set of guys.
Question: Is anyone using the 58 foot length and finding it
UNsatisfactory? It will save some money on insulators, grips
and thimbles if I can double the length of the unbroken sections.
73, J.P. W2XX
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J.P. Kleinhaus, W2XX (fdba AA2DU)
E-mail: w2xx@cloud9.net
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