We all know that the classic ground panel is a plate of copper of some thickness, and also that other than silver, Cu is the best conductor out there My question - I am thinking of making a ground pa
IMHO It's A-OK matter of fact it's all I have ever used YMMV Wayne W3EA _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTal
Ditto. I'm willing to bet that the great majority of hams use an aluminum plate for SPG. Mine is 1/4" thick and replaces the foundation 'vent' under my shack window. 73 Don N8DE _____________________
Aluminum is fine. Steel is probably fine. Physical configuration is probably more important than bulk conductivity (it's going to be reasonably thick and wide in any case, so it's microohms of impeda
I scrounged a shot-up road sign from the WVDOH yard, and I'm still using it whenever I need plate. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Rever
It's not like copper is unobtainium. At at least one hamfest I go to a year, there's someone selling off long bars of copper that are drilled out, sometimes tapped, for use as SPGs, radial plates, wh
I wasn't so much talking for the buss bar - Hence the second part - "feed through panel" - what I'm looking at is putting an enclosure on the outside of the house, and an aluminum panel on the INSID
Like Don I think the majority use Aluminum plate. Mine is also a 1/4" thick. and has the Polyphasers mounted on it. 73 Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ ___________________