[TowerTalk] Solid 160 radial plates?

[Kirk Kleinschmidt]

I have used those electrical box expansion bars (with built-in screws) for several radial installation. They do, indeed, work well and they have been physically and electrically sturdy.
Regards,
--Kirk, NT0Z My book, "Stealth Amateur Radio," is now available from www.stealthamateur.com and on the Amazon Kindle (soon) 

    On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 1:38 AM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote:
 

 
I totally agree.  I can't think of a single valid reason why a plate is 
even a little bit better than simply a tie point at the base. I've often 
wondered why folks don't simply use the addon bus bars for electrical 
panels that you can buy at any Lowes or Home Depot. They are relatively 
inexpensive, have screw connections, and make a fine non-corroding 
contact.  They can be daisy chained together for as many radials as you 
have the ambition to put down.  And if somebody wants to be a purist 
about it, four of them arrayed in a square around the base makes way 
more sense than a plate.

Dave   AB7E


On 8/27/2018 2:47 PM, Don Havlicek wrote:
> A radial "plate" is highly overrated.
> Simply tie all the radials together at the base of the vertical.
> See the photo on my QRZ.COM page.
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
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> Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone
> On Aug 27, 2018 5:33 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>> I have a very old 10.5' aluminum satellite dish out in the woods.
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>> I keep thinking I should put this at the base of one of my 160m verticals,
>> right on the edge of the woods where the trees meet the lawn.
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>> Maybe I could get my wife to plant some ivy on it to eventually cover it all
>> up camo-style.
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>> Would it make any difference?
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>> ??
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>> Mike VE9AA
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