Sounds like a plan, Steve;  I'll see what I can do here.

73 de KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: g5rv question


> Yeah, that's what I would  do for right now  with the snow and wx and all. 
> A
> single short standoff at the bottom would let  the line whip around in the
> wind and   maybe contact the tower.   Ideally  you go up the tower and 
> put
> in several standoffs.  Top, bottom  and  maybe 2 or 3 in between.  You 
> don't
> have to go nuts.  Of course, if the center of your antenna is  held up by 
> a
> pully / halyard setup to allow   easy raising and lowering   , then  a lot
> of standoffs  would defeat the pourpose of the pully system.  In that case 
> a
> longer one at the bottom will serve the pourpose.
> You could also drive a stake in the ground a few feet from the base of the
> tower, attach the ladder line to the stake  with some rope, maybe with a
> bungee cord  to give some strain protection in the wind.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:22 AM
> Subject: Re: g5rv question
>
>
>>    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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