[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 223, Issue 6

[Bill Conwell]

Make stress-loaded wires of the radial field of stainless steel aircraft
cable, connected with wire rope clips, etc.,  to which untensioned copper
wire is taped or looped-around.  The steel cable serves as a messenger
cable for the soft copper..

/Bill, K2PO

Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:26:49 -0600
> From: Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires
> Message-ID:
>         <CAB7zQ=0XHx=
> yWhbK0vLh+bUbbk6aOyvWQpYHOUBicdhELh71Vw at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
>  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
>
>
>