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Nvdoug
Junior Member
Username: Nvdoug
Post Number: 26
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 12:26 am: | 
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Techs & Gentlemen,
16 yrs. ago I put an antenna on the garage roof on top of a approx. 18' push-up pole. Back then I heard that if I put ceramic insulators in the guywires every 10' that it would act as a groundplane. I did this to the top 4 & bottom 4 guywires every 10'. Just recently I was told that this was not a good idea.. Whats your take on this??
Not long ago I took down the Shakespeere Pogo Stik to clean it and paint it as per info found on this forum. I found a 1" crack in the top section that I pushed together and put some JBweld type stuff on it.. With new RG213 from Copper attached. Up in the air it went. SWR still good.
Until I get a Imax w/gpk1 kit is the ceramic insulators hindering my tx or rec??
I appreciate all your info & opinions.
Doug
Northern Nevada
CEF#1019
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Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 1325
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 9:40 am: |
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Me, I have always broken my guy wires, not to stop them from being a resonant length, but so I can use them as inverted v antennas.
Even when not using them as a dipole, I cannot see any reason why the insulators would cause any issues, whereas I DO KNOW that a guy resonant on the band(s) used, can cause problems and in fact, have been proven to be a cause for TVI.
My opinion is to leave the insulators there..
Tech237
N7AUS
God only made some many perfect head, on the rest he put hair.
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Nvdoug
Junior Member
Username: Nvdoug
Post Number: 27
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 10:38 pm: |
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Tech237,
Thank You Sir, I will leave them there
Doug
Northern Nevada
CEF#1019
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