[TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires

[Larry K4AB]

This is exactly what I did years ago.

If you read N4KG's original article, he mentioned a local that used that
antenna on a
tower with stacked TH-6s.  That was me.

I attached each radial to the tower via a typical dipole end insulator
using Dacron
rope on the tower side.

Each radial was soldered to a bus wire which was then soldered to the coax
center
conductor.

The merits of this antenna was debated years ago.  It's certainly a
compromise
antenna but might be the best antenna N2IC could use in his situation.

I've long since switched to a more conventional 160 meter transmit antenna
using
a shunt fed tower with a ton of long radials in the ground.

73,
Larry K4AB



On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 9:34 AM K9MA <k9ma at sdellington.us> wrote:

> I would attach each wire to the tower with a piece of Dacron line and an
> insulator, then connect it to the ring with a jumper of flexible
> stranded wire. Or perhaps just make the ring out of the stranded jumpers
> from wire to wire. Each jumper must be long enough that there is no
> tension in it.
>
> I've used such arrangements for connecting window line to a dipole, and
> it has held up for decades.
>
> 73,
> Scott K9MA
>
> On 7/12/2021 8:50 AM, Steve London wrote:
> > This is an N4KG grounded tower, elevated feedpoint, 160 vertical. See the
> > ON4UN Low Band DXing book.
> >
> > I have 8 radials. Each radial is insulated from the tower. The radials
> must
> > then be connected to each other with a ring around the tower. This
> > connection between the ring and each radial is where I have had problems.
> >
> > BTW, on my rock hilltop, with no soil, it has proven to be the most
> > effective 160 antenna of the many I have tried.
> >
> > 73,
> > Steve, N2IC
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 7:34 AM Wes Attaway <wesattaway at bellsouth.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> What is the configuration?  Are they hanging from a tree limb?  How long
> >> are
> >> they? Etc ....
> >>
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> >>        Wes Attaway (N5WA)
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> >> Steve
> >> London
> >> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2021 8:27 AM
> >> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> >> Subject: [TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires
> >>
> >>   This may seem to be an easy problem, but the solutions I have tried
> have
> >> not held up.
> >>
> >> I need to electrically and mechanically join 2 perpendicular pieces of
> >> bare, #12 copper wire. They will be subject to wind forces which have
> >> repeatedly broken mere solder joints.
> >>
> >> Suggestions ?
> >>
> >> Steve, N2IC
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