-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: If the above were true, the NEC would mandate exothermic bonding instead of clamps. They don't. Clamps work. A lot of old wives' tales floating around he
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I don't do wild goose chases. If you have something to say, say it. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ ______________________
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: With all due respect, those two statements defy common sense. First, properly tightened bolts do not come loose except perhaps with vibration, which of c
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Pray tell, what else do you have connected to the hot side of the ground rod? When lightning is near I disconnect everything. And what about the resistan
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: And therein lies the problem. Multiple grounds which are physically separate but which are wired together. That is asking for trouble and that is why the
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I think I understand what you meant by "coming loose". I took that to mean the bolts unscrewed themselves. I think what you meant was they corroded away
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Correct. At first I was wondering but as several have pointed out, the NEC says properly installed clamps are sufficient. In view of Cadweld's higher cos
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: On eBay, you could search for "adhesive heat shrink". Currently there are 1,575 listings. I just started using the 1/2 inch size myself for coax. So far,
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Squeeze out a dab and smell it. What you DON'T want is the smell of acetic acid, i.e. vinegar. That would be corrosive. 73, Bill W6WRT __________________
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Excellent idea. For years I have saved glass jars and now I know why. The tall thin ones that green olives come in would be perfect, not to mention givin
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Lightning magnet. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list T
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: The first tower I ever climbed was an HDBX48 and I remember it well. Being a total newbie at tower climbing, about halfway up I thought I was going to di
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Inverted Vees work very well. With the apex at about 1/4 wave and about 90 degrees between the legs, they are almost perfectly omnidirectional. 73, Bill
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: True if you're working DX, but for local Qs out to a few hundred miles or so a cloud warmer is what you want. 160 meters nearly always reflects vertical
I haven't seen this discussed before so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. Might help someone. I love crimp type coax connectors. Done right, they are faster and more reliable than solder type. I wil
What am I missing about PowerPole connectors? It seems to me to be a solution in search of a problem. What do they do that you can't do with a crimp type ring terminal and a screw type terminal strip
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Couldn't you do the same with the spade type male and female connectors that have been around for decades at a fraction of the cost? Use the male for the
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: If you don't like ring terminals, use the spade type male and female connectors. Male for negative source, female for positive source. Can't plug them in
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: If you want a no-tool connector, use the spade type male and female crimp connectors that have been available for decades. Cheap, easy and foolproof. I p
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I'm not against standardization, I just don't think PP is the best answer, mainly because they are proprietary and overpriced. If they become generic and