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illustrating the irrefutable logic of making at least a part of all upper guys non-conducting. It never ceases to amaze me how many problems and continuing headaches we hams will put up with in order to wrestle with a bunch of 1950's style heavy EHS and egg insulators, which I believe in the long run are actually more expensive to use, especially if you honestly figure in the time, hassle, and Excedrin involved. 73, Jerry W5KP > > The alternative (that you don't want to hear) is to get 100' (that's > all) of Philly, cut it into three 33' sections, only SIX Philly grips. > Put the upper Philly grips direct to the tower, the bottom Philly grip > to a big grip on the remaining steel (no insulators needed). That will > put the wire 33' down and away from the C31, and hugely minimize any > guy effect. > > And you're going to tell me it's cheaper to ship nine insulators and > 18 big grips than 100' of Philly (weighs the same as rope) and six > Philly grips? Or maybe you got the insulators and the grips laying > around. > > The Philly sure looks better. > > Whatever. Best of luck & 73. > > Guy. > -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com |