[TowerTalk] yagi feedpoint connections.........

[Dan Edward Dba East edwards]

thanks dave.
 
(we certainly heard K1TTT this last weekend!)
 
as Pat, W5WMU, and I get older, we get less enthusiastic about repairing longer
boom hf yagi feedpoints that are up high........feedpoints impossible to reach without
tilting/ducking guy wires, or lowering completely. antennas that have been up for
decades....................
 
since we're shooting for better reliability and easier maintenance, i'm looking for
longevity. of course, i suppose we could just make everything 3 elements, and
just use a LOT of them...............
 
still, since everything else seems to have changed in this hobby during my hiatus,
i was curious if a 21st century solution had appeared.

73 from texas, dan W5XZ

--- On Tue, 3/10/09, K1TTT <K1TTT at ARRL.NET> wrote:

From: K1TTT <K1TTT at ARRL.NET>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] yagi feedpoint connections.........
To: "reflector -tower" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 5:08 PM

Solder the copper coax into an eye, use stainless hardware and sandwich the
eye between ss nuts on a bolt through the element, and add a bit of your
favorite conductive goop and it should be good.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Edward Dba East edwards [mailto:dan.n.edwards at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 21:54
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] yagi feedpoint connections.........
> 
> has anyone solved the problem of dis-similar metal galvanic corrosion?
> 
> aluminum elements, copper coax. penetrox and tape still the only answer?
> 
> we're repairing the hurricane damage at W5WMU.
> 
> thanks
> 
> dan, W5XZ
> 
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