[TowerTalk] Radial Attachment Plate

[David Hachadorian]

Here's what I've been using for many years:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Square-D-23-Terminal-Ground-Bar-Kit-for-QO-Homeline-Electrical-Panel-Load-Center-PK23GTACP-PK23GTACP/100129430

You could use two smaller ones, on different sides of the tower to make 
it neater.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ

On 10/30/2023 8:40 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I had a DX Engineering radial plate on my P40A 160m vertical and had zero
> corrosion.  You could cut one in half to go around the tower.
>
> Rolling up multiple attached wires would likely become a tangles mess.
>
> You should be able to find suitable stainless steel angle at Mc-Master Carr,
> drilling a Ø5/8 hole is easy.  You could also drill multiple holes and bolt
> the radials directly to the angle.
> https://www.mcmaster.com/products/angles/material~stainless-steel-2/corrosio
> n-resistant-316-stainless-steel-6/
>
> John KK9A
>
>
>
> Stan Stockton k5go wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> Thanks for pointing me to that review.  I looked at that picture.  These
> are 304 grade stainless. DX Engineering's plate is the same - 304 stainless
> steel which is not the best for corrosion resistance.  316 would be much
> better.  Those in the review were installed on a table 100 feet from the
> sea with the crappy sheet metal screws included that will definitely
> corrode.  Of course there is a huge difference between 75 or 100 feet and 5
> miles from the salt water regarding corrosion.
>
> My plan is to get all my radials attached and then perhaps spray the whole
> thing with liquid electrical tape and deploy it when I am there for a few
> months a year.  Then I will roll the radials up and store it intact when I
> am not there, relying on however many radials I have buried during the off
> season.
>
> In my application I want it around a tower which this will do and the DX
> Engineering plate will not.
>
> There are several sizes and the smallest one which would be good for a
> vertical made from aluminum tubing would only cost $7.99 delivered.  Can't
> beat that deal.
>
> What I need now is a stainless steel angle the right size and preferably
> with a 5/8" hole to mount an SO-239 to the radial plate.
>
> 73...Stan
>
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