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Re: [TowerTalk] Polyphaser grounding question

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Polyphaser grounding question
From: Alan NV8A <nv8a@att.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:05:26 -0400
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Great, Dwayne. Thanks for the reply. Now I have to wait for it to stop 
snowing so I can get out and work on it.

73

Alan NV8A


On 04/11/07 06:01 pm DMartin560@aol.com wrote:

> Those holes in the lug should mate with the pre-punched holes on 
> ground buss bars used at commercial sites.  However, they use
> 3/8" hardware for attachment.
>  
> In absence of that type bar, I do just as you suggested: use a round member 
> adapter
> (s/s hose clamp) and clamp to a tower leg.  Use a little noalox or copper 
> coat.

> I have at last* managed to get hold of a couple of Polyphaser UNI-KIT 
> 2TT grounding kits to ground the coax shield to the tower at both top 
> and bottom, but I am unsure what the grounding end is designed to 
> connect to. The instruction sheet mentions "Two NEMA spaced tail 
> grounding holes provided with stainless (1/4-20 x 3/4) hardware," but 
> the holes correspond to nothing I have ever seen, such as the bronze 
> ground-rod clamps that are available "everywhere". And there seem to be 
> no suitably located holes in the tower (Well, maybe in the top plate, 
> but I'll have to tilt it over to see).
> 
> Any reason not to simply clamp the grounding straps (which seem to be 
> stainless steel) to a tower leg?

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