[TowerTalk] Attaching ground to tower

[ersmar@comcast.net]

Barrie:

     Check out
http://www.harger.com/productinformation.htm  , Section 2.6.1, Bonding Lugs
and see if the Harger model 222T lugs would work for you.  They are tinned
bronze connectors like the ones I used on my Trylon angle steel tower.  You
might also check out Section 2.5.11 for their213T cable-to-flat connectors.
I use these to connect my shunt wiresto the tower angle steel.  All of these
connectors require a minimum wire gauge of #2.  I would tin the copper with
solder before I insert the wire into the connectors as the connectors are
also tinned.        I chose the tinned versions as I read here on TT, I
believe, that tinned surfaces are not incompatible with galvanized steel.
My copperground wire (solid #2) was also tinned so the -T versions of the
connectors was a natural combination for me.73 deGene Smar  AD3F-----
Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Smith" <barrie at centric.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 7:47 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Attaching ground to tower


> I have my 70' crank-up tower down for rotator and antenna repairs at the
moment.
>
> I've never bothered to ground the tower in the past, but I hope to have it
functioning as a shunt-fed vertical when it goes back up.
>
> The base is steel.  The tower is galvanized steel.  I'd like to use two,
or more, of the nine bolts that secure the tower to the base as attachment
points for my ground and radial system.
>
> I've been told that only certain metals are suitable for such an
attachment.  I think stainless steel was one.  Are there others?
>
> Also, how does one get from the stainless attachment material to the
(mostly) copper radials?
>
> I have a length of one inch copper tubing that I'm planing on making into
a loop around the tower and then soldering radials onto.
>
> Help appreciated!
>
> 73, Barrie, W7ALW
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