I've heard that some AM BC stations (spot?) welded the sections
together.
Another solution I've seen (supposedly for lightning protection)
was to run a large copper wire down one leg with brass grounding
fixtures at the top and bottom of each section.
Tom N4KG
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:33:42 -0500 "James P. Cassidy"
<107770.3462@compuserve.com> writes:
> I recall from many years ago that AM broadcast towers had the joints
> bonded
> somehow to eliminate that problem. I never observed exactly what the
> bonding entailed but probably similiar to what was described with
> the strap
> and clamps/ The 2 stations I was involved with did not have
> anything other
> than the tower sections bolted together. They were different than
> the
> smaller Rohn sizes and more like the AB-105 tower with out the
> indivdual
> joints.
>
> 73 Jim KI7Y
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