I don't know about their latest stuff, but the manual I had years ago 
suggested guying with nylon rope or whatever it is made out of.  If you 
don't, it will wear that plastic insulator at the bottom down to the 
size of a tooth pick.  The one I had had very large coils and traps 
which made it work great, but very poor for wind mechanical.
73
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
open Node 3148
Las Vegas


On Tue, 12 
Jan 2010, Richard Fiorello wrote:

> Hi Butch;
> That is unfortunate.  Their literature claims a wind survival of 75 =
> miles with no guy wires.  I think if I had to get into guy wires I might =
> just consider going back to the r7 or r8.  I suspect with the luck I've =
> had finding assemblers I'm not going to anything.  Spring will tell the =
> real story.
> Richard
>
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>  The butternut is a good antenna, but you definitely need to guy it.  I =
> had=20
>  one on my house back in Kansas which was a 24 by 84 metal roof, and it =
>
>  really worked!!  A great performer, but a mechanical monster.
>  73
>  Butch Bussen
>  wa0vjr
>  open Node 3148
>  Las Vegas
>
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