Ken Hirschberg wrote:
> Hello- I've had good luck attaching copper strap to copper-clad rods as
> follows:
> 1. Get rid of any mushrooming from the driving process with a file.
> 2. Coat the top 2 inches of the rod with an active liquid or paste flux.
> 3. Form the end of the strip around a rod of smaller diameter than the ground
> rod, so that when it is splipped carefully over the ground rod, it will be in
> contact all around.
> 4. Heat the rod just below the strip with a propane torch until the rod and
> strip come up to soldering temperature, then add solder, which will flow in
> very
> nicely by capilary action.
>
> Regards to all - Ken K6HPX
>
> Tom H wrote:
>
> > Hey 'Talkers,
> > I'm looking for suggestions on how to attach 2" wide copper strip to a 5/8"
> > ground rod. It's easy to wrap it around a leg of 25G and secure with SS
> > hose clamps, but this method doesn't work very good with the tight radius of
> > a ground rod. Another method tried was to fold the end into an arrowhead and
> > slide it as deep as possible into a ground clamp. This works well except
> > the cross section is a fraction of the original at the clamp. Polyphaser
> > makes something, but I'd like to homebrew it if possible. Does anyone use
> > flat stock for tower grounding, and if so, I'd appreciate ideas on how you
> > secured it to the rod.
> > Thanks, Tom K3GM
> >
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