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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