I admit TowerLube sounds like a good idea.
OTOH, I've used Lithium Grease from the Auto Department
at K-Mart for all of my tower joints and used 3 different
towers as shunt fed verticals or elevated GP antennas
and they work just fine. (160M DXCC = 250)
If your tower us already up I definitely would NOT
take it down just to add some (conductive) grease !
Tom N4KG
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 06:39:09 -0600 Jon Ogden <na9d@speakeasy.net> writes:
> on 11/19/02 2:58 AM, xppq at xppq@pyramid.net wrote:
>
> > need quick answer - I am SURE this
> > has been dealt with many times on
> > this reflector
> >
> > Given a Tower of Rohn 45 - to be shunt
> > fed on Low bands - Is it NECESSARY
> > to run WIRES top to bottom OR is the
> > conductivity at the tower joints good enough
> > to perform well as VERTICAL radiator ??
> >
> > Should I use conductive grease?
>
> Get yourself some TowerLube. It's made by the same people who make
> the TowerJack. It's a conductive grease and it will help your sections
> go together with little to no effort. I was amazed at how easily my
> tower went together with it.
>
> I would not trust the conductivity of the tower joints w/o something
> like it.
>
> 73,
>
> Jon
> NA9D
>
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