[TowerTalk] 75/80 vertical

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Gregg,

I recommend not using bare copper wire alongside your tower.  Copper will cause galvanizing to fail not only at the connection points, but also anywhere copper ions wash off the bare copper and deposit onto the galvanizing.  

I'm sure dozens of Towertalkians use Rohn tubular-leg towers as vertical radiators, and I've never seen a problem reported here.

73
Frank
W3LPL



---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:12:38 -0500
>From: "Gregg Seidl" <k9kl at centurytel.net>  
>Subject: [TowerTalk] 75/80 vertical  
>To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
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>Thanks to all who helped. Kind of confirmed what I had thought/read. Needs 
>to be a bit longer because of the taper and thickness of the tower.
> Didn't get too many thoughts on the copper wire,but I think I'm still going 
>to do this just as insurance.Seems like a good idea to me.
> It snowed again last night....will it ever stop.
>  Gregg  K9KL 
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