[TowerTalk] [Fwd: Re: LOW INDUCTANCE COPPER GROUNDING STRAP]

[Cqtestk4xs@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/10/05 7:58:48 PM Greenwich Standard Time, 
ChetMoore at cox.net writes:
After watching a similar discussion on using braid for grounding equipment 
and right after I had just  just finished grounding every piece of equipment 
with copper braid.  W3LPL  jumped in with the IEEE reference and a one 
sentence summary that I think went like this.........


BRAID................... IS SOMETHING THAT LITTLE GIRLS DO TO THEIR HAIR.

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....and what's really amazing is I have bought lots of used tower over the 
years from commercial installations.  I am surprised how much of it uses braid 
of various sizes for grounding the tower.  Without fail, it is always 
nasty...powdery oxidation all over it. The next time I pick up some used tower with the 
braid, I am going to run a resistance check from the one end of the braid to 
the tower itself to see how high the resistance is.  

Bill K4XS