[TowerTalk] Need US source of fence wire clamps

Bob K6UJ k6uj at pacbell.net
Sun Oct 30 23:40:00 EDT 2016


Martin,

The ones I have found so far are too expensive for my taste. Heres one 
for $24.00
http://www.speedriteenergizers.com/products/heavy-duty-joint-clamp

Like you, I need only to join two parallel wire with a clamp.  I found 
these which look like they
will do the job.  They call them heavy duty joint clamps.
http://www.livewireproducts.com/product-category/permanent-fence-supplies/page/3/


Bob
K6UJ

On 10/30/16 7:38 PM, Kirk Kleinschmidt via TowerTalk wrote:
> I'd like to find these, too, but I suspect that, based on the mfr website, they're really not set up for convenient sales at reasonable prices, etc (or we'd already be able to find them :)
> I need something like this to clamp sections of galvanized ground screen together. I found some round ones at Menard's and Tractor Supply, but they don't look as good and they're about $2 each.
> If I can't find a source, I'm going to use a small galvanized bolt and a pair of galvanized washers to clamp my ground screen sections together.
> My "wires" are almost exclusively parallel, so I don't need to attach wires coming in from 90 degrees, etc.
> My ground screens are semi-temporary, so I don't care too much if I have to replace them every season or three. When I finalize the locations of a couple of towers / verticals I might replace the screens with regular radials. But maybe not. :)
> Thanks,
> --Kirk, NT0Z  Rochester, MN My book, "Stealth Amateur Radio," is now available from www.stealthamateur.com and on the Amazon Kindle (soon)
>
>      On Sunday, October 30, 2016 7:22 PM, Martin A Flynn <maflynn at theflynn.org> wrote:
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>   
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>   https://www.stafix.com/en-us/product/heavy-duty-claw-joint-clamp
>
> martin
>
> W2RWJ
>
>
> On 10/30/2016 6:49 PM, Bob K6UJ wrote:
>> please post the info on the reflector guys.  I would like to find
>> these too.
>>
>> Bob
>> K6UJ
>>
>> On 10/29/16 10:49 AM, Raymond Benny wrote:
>>> The clamps that GM3SEK mentions look good for connecting fence wire
>>> together, but I have not been able to find a US source so far. Here they
>>> are: http://www.rappa.co.uk/products/151-four-way-line-clamp-25-pack.
>>>
>>> There seem to be some other varieties of these clamps, but
>>> individually the
>>> are expensive. Any USA sources or other suggestions?
>>>
>>> Ray,
>>> N6VR
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