[TowerTalk] low band antenna without good ground

[Ian White GM3SEK]

ROBERT HARMON wrote:
>I have been  gathering up materials for rolling out galvanized chicken 
>wire for a ground screen from my vertical
>as discussed here recently.  I'm trying to figure out how to make the 
>electrical
>connection at the base of the vertical.  Is there a nifty way to do it 
>?  My first thought was to take the
>very end of each roll and squeeze it together into a bunch and attach a 
>cooper clamp used for ground rods.
>How do you make your connection ?
>

One way is to clamp the end of the roll between a pair of galvanized 
steel busbars, and then connect to the middle of those bars using SS 
hardware.  Lengths of galvanized steel bar, ready drilled with holes, 
are a standard item in British builders merchants.

Another method would be to use the crossover clamps that I described a 
week ago (I have asked the fencing company to provide a web image, and 
will re-post the link when it appears).


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek