[TowerTalk] Coax Grounding on a tower.

[Tom WA9WSJ]

Hello All,

Pete, what you suggest is almost exactly what I did,
although I did not put the bracket at the tower top,
just at the base.
I have not found any problems with this method.
I used a copper bar to mount the bulk head connectors
and stainless steel u-bolts to attach to the tower.

I rubber taped the connectors, Scotch 88 taped them
and also brushed on liquid tape! 
I had to disassemble them once because the pvc pipe
coming out of the ground broke and needed replacement
and they all were in the same condition as the day I
installed them. That was about three years from the
original installation.

The following link will take you to some pics of them,
about 3/4 down the page. 

http://www.wa9wsj.com/antenna_page.htm

73,
Tom


--- Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:

> Perhaps there's something wrong with this idea, but
> why not fabricate a bracket to bolt to your tower
> top and bottom to mount the required number of UHF
> barrels, providing a solid low-inductance ground
> path for the cable shields?  Your rotator loops
> should probably be replaceable anyway, and well
> taped connectors should not pose a reliability
> problem.
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> 


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