[TowerTalk] Radials looped instead of Soldered?

[wa3afs at inav.net]

I have looped my radial connections, crimped, and soldered.

Very occassionally I had to retighten some of the looped connections (Maybe once or twice a year).  (I 
always used lock washers)

Currently I have crimped connections on long stainless screws with stainless nuts and lockwashers.  The 
connections appear to be staying nice and tight.

Electrically my coaxial inverted Ls appear to work the same (great) without regard to the radial 
connections.

As far as I am concerned, tight is tight!

   -- Bruce, WA3AFS

On 29 Mar 2007 at 9:32, Jim Miller wrote:

> You guys are all talking about soldering or crimping lugs to the
> ground radial wires.  I soldered my connections to a copper wire  but
> why can't a person just loop them around the bolt that would been used
> to attach the solder lug?  Used on receptacles and outlets for a long
> time (not counting the push in connections used by electricians
> now-a-days).
> 
> 73, Jim
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