[TowerTalk] WrenchLok Ground Connectors

[K8RI]

On 1/29/2012 10:07 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
> On 1/29/12 3:57 AM, Bryan Rambo wrote:
>> Very nice connector, but still nothing for copper strap.
>> Bummer :-(
>>
> that's because those parts are intended for commercial ground bonding
> purposes (electrical safety and lightning), not the bottom of a vertical
> antenna (RF ground). There's no need for strap in the former
> application, since RF losses aren't what they care about. They worry
> about good contact and mechanical security and installation time.

I thought code required "exothermic welds" for those connections.

73

Roger (K8RI)