[TowerTalk] heliax grounding

richard allen rca at rcallen.com
Sun Nov 25 06:49:42 EST 2007


I have several 130 foot runs of 7/8" (LDF5-50A) and several of 1/2" (
LDF4-50A) heliax going on my new tower.  I am planning on grounding 
at the top of the tower, the bottom of the tower, and then again at 
the house. I have selected the following Andrews grounding kits for 
the task.  Suggestions were made here several weeks ago to use the 
Andrews kits.

Andrew Corporation CSGL4-06B2 For 1/2" copper cable. Compact 
SureGround Plus kit comes with self-locking waterproof casing and 
factory attached, two-hole lug. (Tessco part # 413508).

Andrew Corporation CSGL5-06B2 For 7/8" copper cable. Compact 
SureGround Plus comes with self-locking waterproof case and a factory 
attached, two-hole lug. 24" lead.  (Tessco part # 414312).

https://www.tessco.com/products/displayProducts.do?groupId=436&
subgroupId=54



I also am planning on the following stripping tools to prep the cable 
for the grounding kits.

Andrew Corporation GKT-L4A 1/2" Ground Strip Tool for Standard, CSGL, 
LSGL, SGL & SGPL-series Ground Kits 1/2" LDF4-50 Standard, SGL, LSGL, 
SGL & SGPL-series (Tessco #473598).

Andrew Corporation GKT-78A 7/8" Ground Kit Prep tool for Standard, SGL,
CSGL-series ground kits LDF5-50A, AVA5-50 & VXL5-50 (Tessco #433331)

https://www.tessco.com/products/displayProducts.do?groupId=576&
subgroupId=35

Can someone please advise me if these are the correct and proper 
parts to use?

Thanks,

Richard W5SXD




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