[TowerTalk] Grounding AN Wireless Towers

[David Gilbert]

A hose clamp would put very little pressure on the leg of an AN Wireless 
tower.  Think of the leg as a large piece of angle iron, except that the 
angle is 60 degrees instead of 90.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 3/3/2013 2:10 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> Why not use a hose clamp with a piece of stainless shim for dissimilar 
> metals protection?  I have a bunch of these and they have held up well 
> in the weather.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 3/3/2013 3:03 PM, Adam Shirley WJ4X wrote:
>> I use the beam clamps like the ones listed here:
>>
>> http://stormgrounding.electrical-insulators-and-copper-ground-bars.com/grounding-clamps.html 
>>
>>
>> 73!
>>   -Adam
>>    WJ4X
>>
>> On 3/3/2013 1:36 PM, 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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