[TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires

[Mark - N5OT]

If it was me I'd get _8 small split-bolts_ and I'd be done with it.  No 
need to solder these.  Thanks to an original recommendation by N4GG, 
split-bolts are standard equipment in my Weekend DXpedition "I have no 
idea what I will find when I get there" toolbox.

Electricians tape them when they're done, and someone decades later will 
find a pristine one still doing its job under all that tape.

Those joints will last longer than you will need that antenna :-)

73 - Mark N5OT


On 7/12/2021 8:26 AM, Steve London wrote:
>   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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