My alligator clips have been out there for about 15 years.
They are totally rusty, but this is a low current part of
the antenna so they continue to work ok. One of these days
the spring will break, and then I'll put on a new alligator
clip. Put the jumper/alligator clip on the CW extension,
so it's totally out of the picture on SSB.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
K6LL@juno.com
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:15:55 -0600 Richard Thorne <rthorne@tcac.net>
writes:
>
> I just put up a 75m ssb antenna for ss this weekend. I'm going to
> add 4
> or 5 feet of wire at each end of the antenna by attaching the wire
> to
> the current end insulator.
>
> Whats the best way to provide a jumper so I can quickly drop the
> antenna
> attach the jumper so the antenna will reasonate on 80m cw?
>
> I was thinking about heavy duty alligator clips or something, but
> what
> about the tarnished copper, will the clip make a reliable
> connection?
> Can it handle 1500 watts?
>
> You get the picture, any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Richard Thorne - N5ZC
> Amarillo, TX
>
>
>
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