You should mount them on a plate at the shack entrance and not at the tower.
Do ground the shields of the coax to the tower at the base of the tower. Use
a copper or aluminum plate to mount all your suppressors on (a common plate)
and ground that well. The plate should be near ground level outside your
shack so you have a very short ground lead to your earth ground. That ground
lead ideally should be wide copper strap and no more than 4 to 6 feet to
your first ground rod. For an adequate ground you should have several ground
rods connected by buried radials running out away from the house. Polyphaser
tells you how to do this too.
73
Gary K4FMX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of RICHARD SOLOMON
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:13 PM
> To: TowerTalk
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Polyphaser Questions
>
> Is there a distributor for Polyphaser or does one buy direct ?
>
> What is the best way to mount them ? I didn't find any mounting info on
> the
> Polyphaser website. I think a flat plate bolted to the tower legs with U-
> Bolts ??
> or what ?
> The shack is about 80' from the tower. My plan is to install a set of
> Polyphasers
> at the tower and run the Coax and Rotor Control cable through conduit
> under-
> ground (12" or so). Would it add any value to have another set of
> Polyphasers
> at the shack entrance ?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ/7
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