Radials should not be your lightning ground and if the vertical element is
insulated how would the energy even reach the radial system. My towers have
taken a number of lightning strikes and I have never seen solder "vaporize".
I personally just wrap the wire around the 1/4" bolt and screw it to the
ground plate , but you could also use crimp on ring terminals with
additional solder for a better connection. Terminals are not really
physically strong so make sure that the wire does not get moved a lot after
installation.
John KK9A
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Subject: [TowerTalk] Best way to attach radial to radial plate
From: Dan Bookwalter
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 08:29:21 -0700 (PDT)
I have a DXEngineering radial plate , they suggest using ring terminals , it
seems to me that if you solder them , if , you taker a lightning strike the
solder would all be vaporized ? Should I just wrap the wire around the
screws/bolts and tighten them down that way ?
Dan N8DCJ
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