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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