I would attach each wire to the tower with a piece of Dacron line and an
insulator, then connect it to the ring with a jumper of flexible
stranded wire. Or perhaps just make the ring out of the stranded jumpers
from wire to wire. Each jumper must be long enough that there is no
tension in it.
I've used such arrangements for connecting window line to a dipole, and
it has held up for decades.
73,
Scott K9MA
On 7/12/2021 8:50 AM, Steve London wrote:
This is an N4KG grounded tower, elevated feedpoint, 160 vertical. See the
ON4UN Low Band DXing book.
I have 8 radials. Each radial is insulated from the tower. The radials must
then be connected to each other with a ring around the tower. This
connection between the ring and each radial is where I have had problems.
BTW, on my rock hilltop, with no soil, it has proven to be the most
effective 160 antenna of the many I have tried.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 7:34 AM Wes Attaway <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
What is the configuration? Are they hanging from a tree limb? How long
are
they? Etc ....
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Wes Attaway (N5WA)
(318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
Computer/Cellphone Forensics
AttawayForensics.com
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Steve
London
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2021 8:27 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires
This may seem to be an easy problem, but the solutions I have tried have
not held up.
I need to electrically and mechanically join 2 perpendicular pieces of
bare, #12 copper wire. They will be subject to wind forces which have
repeatedly broken mere solder joints.
Suggestions ?
Steve, N2IC
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