[TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires

[ersmar@verizon.net]

Ditto. My 80M sloper wire is attached to the coax center conductor by a pigtail that comes off an insulator tied to the tower leg.

73 de
Gene Smar AD3F


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From: "K9MA" <k9ma at sdellington.us>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires
Date: Mon, Jul 12, 2021 10:33 AM

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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>> (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
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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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