[TowerTalk] Need US source of fence wire clamps

Bob K6UJ k6uj at pacbell.net
Sun Oct 30 23:52:30 EDT 2016


Ok that makes a big difference. !    thanks Simon

Bob
K6UJ

On 10/30/16 8:48 PM, Simon Lewis wrote:
>
> BTW  those ones you linked to are $24 for a pack of 20 – not each !
>
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> *From: *Simon Lewis <mailto:gm4plm at hotmail.com>
> *Sent: *Monday, 31 October 2016 4:44 PM
> *To: *Bob K6UJ <mailto:k6uj at pacbell.net>; towertalk at contesting.com 
> <mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
> *Subject: *RE: [TowerTalk] Need US source of fence wire clamps
>
> I can buy them for $ 1 NZD a piece shipped here in NZ!
>
> If anyone wants some I can buy some for cost + shipping in a padded 
> envelope
>
> !
>
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> *From: *Bob K6UJ <mailto:k6uj at pacbell.net>
> *Sent: *Monday, 31 October 2016 4:40 PM
> *To: *towertalk at contesting.com <mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [TowerTalk] Need US source of fence wire clamps
>
> 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 <http://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:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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