Insulation is inexpensive, as the bottom of a 1/4-wave vertical is a low
voltage point.
You can use sheet teflon between the irrigation tubing [which I think is
overkill for a 40m vertical] and the support.
Don
N8DE
douglas.snowden@med.va.gov wrote:
> I am going to be making a trip to the irrigation tubing supplier in a couple
> of
> days. Plan on buying several pieces for a 40m 4 square. I don't have the
> ambition
> for a 80m 4 square yet. My question is: If I put the pipe on 4X4 pressure
> treated
> posts, do I need to worry about insulating them? I would guess I would have
> them
> a foot off the ground. Or if I elevated them 6 ft or so would that make a
> difference?
>
> I have put verticals up in the past, and was ignorant of any path to ground
> though the
> wood I used. I see on the "net" a few pictures of insulated 80 verticals.
>
>
> Doug N4IJ
>
>
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