Topband: OT - Bonding Radials at Intersections

[Artek Manuals]

Among other things they will and can arc if very close or even 
intermittently touching. if they are not bonded the currents and 
voltages on each wire may be different enough to arc then you get 
interesting things going on especially at high power,. I had a related 
experience where I had radial wires stapled on a wooden fence. At one 
point two of the wires crossed each other, during a high power 
transmission the two arced repeatedly and set the fence on fire. Luckily 
the window of the shack faced the back yard and I saw it early on and 
went out an put the fire out and resolved the cause

Dave

NR1DX

On 11/6/2020 4:27 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
>
>
> On 11/6/2020 1:10 PM, Carl Clawson wrote:
>> Frank,
>>
>> “Must” is a strong word. What goes wrong if you cross them?
>>
>> 73, Carl WS7L
>>
>
> Also, if insulated wires are used for radials that cross
> over each other, is that to be treated differently than bare
> metal wires that cross over each other and touch
> so as to have electrical connectivity?
>
> Does it matter if cross over radials are soldered at the
> crossovers, so as to prevent parasitic "diodes".
>
> For whatever weird reason, the price of insulated wire is
> nearly always lower than the equivalent bare wire.  And
> Romex sells for less than the equivalent individual wires.
>
> Rick N6RK
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