- 1. [TowerTalk] Grounding photo link and ? (score: 1)
- Author: jfleming@shelbynet.net (WA9ALS - John)
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:36:39 -0500
- Could some of you grounding gurus please take a look at the following link and lend me some opinions? Pictured is the bottom of a 70 ft Glen Martin aluminum tower with some "trial" grounding connecti
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00436.html (8,799 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Grounding photo link and ? (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@tyler.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:56:10 -0500
- Definately use the strap, but come off the tower a bit higher. You want about a 45 degree angle from each tower leg to the three ground rods. Do not turn the strap 90 degrees under the bolt on the to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00438.html (10,024 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Grounding photo link and ? (score: 1)
- Author: jlangdon@outer.net (John Langdon)
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:13:11 -0500
- Forget all the wire options - even the biggest wire is not as good as the strap. I would use some sort of compression clamp to compress the strap against on of the flat surfaces of the tower leg wher
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00439.html (8,848 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Grounding photo link and ? (score: 1)
- Author: tomwagner@mindspring.com (Tom Wagner)
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 06:15:39 -0400
- I attached a 10" wide copper strap - really roof flashing - to my tower. I had alread mounted a piece aluminum angle stock to the bottom of the tower to hold a weatherproof enclosure. I clamped the f
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00443.html (10,266 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Grounding photo link and ? (score: 1)
- Author: k2av@qsl.net (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:03:00 GMT
- I know of instances where the smaller wire (#4) was vaporized by a direct strike. In one case the destruction was underground, and the ham in question was without a ground for his tower until he was
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00448.html (9,724 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Grounding photo link and ? (score: 1)
- Author: wa4dou@excite.com (wa4dou@excite.com)
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:58:20 PDT
- Hi Guy, I definitely agree with you about not being cheap on the tower ground. Back, a couple of weeks ago, i asked for advice about tower grounding here, on the list. I received some good and well m
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00457.html (12,854 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Grounding photo link and ? (score: 1)
- Author: wa4dou@excite.com (wa4dou@excite.com)
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:59:22 PDT
- Hi Guy, I definitely agree with you about not being cheap on the tower ground. Back, a couple of weeks ago, i asked for advice about tower grounding here, on the list. I received some good and well m
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00458.html (12,842 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Grounding photo link and ? (score: 1)
- Author: wa4dou@excite.com (wa4dou@excite.com)
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:04:14 PDT
- Hi Guy, I definitely agree with you about not being cheap on the tower ground. Back, a couple of weeks ago, i asked for advice about tower grounding here, on the list. I received some good and well m
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00459.html (12,961 bytes)
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