[Amps] crossmodulation in PA ? Thanks for all good  advice

[Tom Rauch]

> There was mention that copper bonding straps were 
> connected on the tower
> legs.  If the tower legs are galvanized steel, that would 
> be a good source
> of oxide and a natural rectifier unless an anti oxidizing 
> material is used
> to prevent such.  Some of the early rectifiers were copper 
> oxide.


With tens of thousands of pounds per square inch on the 
bolts it's unlikely anyone needs to bond across joints for 
any reason. It's just a waste of time.

Think of all that downward pull trying to shear a bolt with 
a thin tower wall bearing on the surface.

The only joints with anything close to low pressure per 
square inch low pressure are flange joints, and they are 
only a problem when prepainted if the bolts don't push 
through the paint.

He could clamp across those joints with anything from string 
to diodes to gold, and the path would be through the bolt 
areas with all the sheer force anyway.

73 Tom