[TowerTalk] Radial connecting plates

[Jim Miller]

My ring isn't a ring.  Just a piece of #10 bare copper sticking out from the
connection point (on my Butternut) about 15 inches and 25 radials soldered
to that.  Seems to work for me.

73, Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Hearn" <dhearn at air-pipe.com>
To: "T talk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:58 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Radial connecting plates


> My radials are soldered to a wire ring about 18 inches in diameter around
> the base of my Hytowers. The wire connecting the coax shield to this ring
is
> about 6 inches long. The buried hardline extends out of the ground about 6
> inches. I soldered 6 inch solid wire leads to the center conductor and
> shield. A cover for the end of the coax was made of close fitting PVC pipe
> with a cap on the end. The center wire comes thru a snug fitting hole in
the
> cap to the tower base.The shield wire goes down out of the bottom of the
cap
> and is soldered to the wire ring. At 80 or 160m these lead lengths are not
a
> problem. Why would one mess with a machined plate, solder lugs, and bolts?
> What am I missing?
> 73, Dan, N5AR
>
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