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Re: [TowerTalk] More Sparky Questions

To: Steve London <n2ic@arrl.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] More Sparky Questions
From: Jim Smith <jimsmith@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:29:29 -0700
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Steve,
I'm no expert on this stuff but I'm sure I have seen TT posts which say 
that silver soldering is FB for this application.  So, wrap the strap 
around the ring and silver solder it.  Takes a LOT of heat.

73 de Jim Smith   VE7FO

Steve London wrote:

>Thanks to everyone for their extremely helpful suggestions on dealing with my 
>hilltop rock QTH.
>
>It looks like the most reasonable things to do are:
>
>1) Install a number of copper strip radials from the tower base along the 
>surface.
>
>2) Ground the bulkhead to the AC service ground.
>
>Now, here's the dumb questions ....
>
>Let's assume I want to create a copper ring around the tower, and attach the 
>copper strips to the copper ring.
>
>- Which of the Polyphaser (or other) products let me clamp a copper strip to a 
>Rohn 45 tower leg ?  I see a number of Polyphaser TK-series clamps that look 
>like hose clamps.  Okay, that goes around the tower leg, but now I need to 
>securely attach the copper strip to the clamp.  Another SS hose clamp on top, 
>or 
>?  Is this even the right product to use ?
>
>- How should I attach the copper strips to the copper ring ?  Clearly, I want 
>as 
>much surface area of the copper strap to be in contact with the copper ring as 
>possible. I presume that soldering is a no-no for this purpose ?
>
>Thanks,
>Steve, N2IC/5
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Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions 
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