[Towertalk] Ground rods for Polyphaser clamps

Phil Duff na4m@arrl.net
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:50:39 +0000


At 11:07 4/20/2002 -0400, Wes Cosand wrote:
>I have bought rods labeled 5/8" from both a consumer source and a 
>commercial distributor and they are actually 9/16".  The Polyphaser clamps 
>for copper strips won't tighten up on the small rod.  Anyone have a suggestion?
>
>Wes WZ7I

I ran into the same problem.   I made shims out of the copper strips to 
build up the rod diameter to fit the clamps.

73 Phil NA4M


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