[TowerTalk] One Shots

[Gene Smar]

FWIW:  I goofed up my first One-Shot when the molten fluid leaked out of the
bottom of the ceramic mold.  I cut off the bad weld and tried again, this
time plugging ALL holes, including around the wires and the bottom ground
rod hole, with electrician's putty.  The remaining dozen shots worked
perfectly.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Christensen
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 9:52 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] One Shots

>"If you have a One Shot that is made for 4 wire connection is there any
reason that you can't plug two of the holes with the appropriate size wire
and two holes with the ground connections and fire it off?"

I done it many times.  As you suggest, pass the same gauge conductor through
the "unused" holes.  Leave enough on one end so that if you wish to bond to
another connection point in the future, it can be done with another one-shot
or, -- silver-solder the new connection and use a pair of bronze split-bolt
connectors to easily align the conductors before soldering.    

Paul, W9AC 

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