Can anybody assist? The current position of my back-stay insolater is at above head height which means that I need to keep the SSB cable away from the stay by the use of plastic tubes. I understand the burns risk when transmitting.
However would it not be easier to have the insolater at the bottom of the stay attached to the hydraulic ram, with a tube on the stay above the insolater for burn protection?
Better opportunity for maintenance, less joints in the rigging, less cost.
Any experiences or thoughts.

The changes I made have been useful especially when it comes to taking out the mast which I do every 2/3 years. You simply disconnect the hydraulic back-stay tensioner from the isolator which is at cockpit level. I have put a plastic sleeve over the wire part of the back-stay so reducing the likely impact of getting burns during transmission by the SSB.

I also held onto the back-stay frequently and found that I was constantly getting hold of the Ariel cable pulling it out of shape from the old spacers. This is why I made the change in the first place.

My only unknown is there any specific distance between the top and bottom isolators? The top isolator is one meter away from the mast measured along the horizontal plane