Bill, When I loaded my 100 ft. stick of 25G, I had broken up the guys with insulators. To see what effect connecting the top guys to the tower would have, I jumpered the first insulators on all three top guys. Looking at the feed point impedance at the bottom of the "gamma" rod, I found that connecting the guys had made no measurable difference. The guys sloped downward at slightly less than a 45° angle, and tower "law" says that they'd have to be nearly horizontal to affect tower resonance. So I'd say, load the tower and don't worry about the guys.
Four or eight elevated radials ten feet above the base would be great. But if you've installed sub-surface ground rods and dispersion radials at the base of the tower, it will probably do very well without them. Another thought...my present 80 ft. stack of 25G supports an inverted-V, and it does very well for domestic Qs. With the apex angle I can manage, the feed impedance is around 25 Ohms, so a 1:2 transmission line transformer matches it very nicely. Brad KV5V On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Pat N8VW <n...@linuxcolumbus.com> wrote: > On 2015-12-30 12:56, K4OWR wrote: > > Tuners on 160, with a LOT of power, always eventually blow up or catch >> fire. >> >> > Interesting comment. What do you mean when you capitalize the word "lot"? > > > ..n8vw > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband