[TowerTalk] Grounding AN Wireless Towers

[David Gilbert]

I have an AN Wireless HD-70 tower and used two different methods to 
attach ground wires.  One method used a wire-to-flat-plate Cadweld mold 
that I bought on eBay, but I only used that for the base inside the 
foundation because I worried that the heat from the Cadweld might anneal 
the steel (probably an unfounded fear, but ...).

The other method used half of a galvanized wire-to-pipe ground connector 
(the half with the included wire lug) that can be bought at Home Depot.  
Just drill two small holes through the tower leg for screws to attach 
the clamp ... the holes won't degrade the tower strength and with two 
holes there won't be any loosening due to twisting.  I can send a 
picture to anyone who wants to see what it looks like.

The latter is obviously the easier route.

73,
Dave   AB7E

http://ab7e.com/AB7E_Tower_Page_5.html





On 3/3/2013 11:36 AM, Jerry Gardner wrote:
> AN Wireless towers don't have round cross-section legs, but rather use flat
> steel bent at a 60 degree angle for the legs. Most tower grounding
> solutions that I've seen use fittings that clamp onto a round tower leg.
>
> For those of you you have installed AN Wireless (or similar towers), how
> have you attached the grounding strap or wire to the tower legs at the base?
>
> 73, Jerry
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