Steve:
So, let me be sure I have this right:
I'll attach the stand-off to the tower leg near the tower base, and have it
go out horizontally from the tower about 10 to 15 inches. ... Then, I'll
insert the ladder-line into the vertical slot at the other end of the
stand-off, and that should be it?
Thanks, Steve, and 73 from Tom Behler: Kb8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: g5rv question
>A few inches is fine. I'd probably go 6 or 8 inches, but even 3 or 4
> wouldn't worry me. You just don't want it to touch or be so close as
> to
> have it couple electrically with the tower.
>
> I doubt if you are going up the tower anytime soon, so perhaps a slightly
> longer standoff at the bottom would do. Something like 15 inches or so
> of 1 1/4 or whatever pvc at the bottom of the tower will pull it away
> real
> nice. It won't be a thousand percent vertical, but as my old man used to
> say " You'll never see it from Broad Street."
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:55 AM
> Subject: Re: g5rv question
>
>
>> Great suggestion, Steve, and I think I can do that.
>>
>> How long should the piece of PVC pipe be?
>>
>> In other words, how much of a stand-off is recommended?
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: g5rv question
>>
>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> I think others have suggested pvc, and that would be my first choice
>>> also.
>>> Drill 2 holes at one end and attach to the tower leg with a u bolt, or
>>> invent some other attachment depending on what you have laying around.
>>> Cut
>>> a slot into the other end so the slot will be vertical when the
>>> standoff
>>> is attached to the tower. Spread the slit open and slide in the
>>> ladder
>>> line and it will grip it tight.
>>>
>>> Have fun with the new rig.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>
>>>
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