Stainless is not the fix all for galvanic reactions/issues. The barrel
itself would still be in contact with the aluminum.
73
Jim W7RY
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From: "Ron W8RJL" <youngron@verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:46 PM
To: "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry@gmail.com>; "John Hudson" <jd_hudson@comcast.net>;
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coax/Rotor Cable on the outside or inside ofthetower>
Why not use two stainless washers between the coax feed thru nuts and the
lug. That should solve the dissimilar metal problem you mention.
> 73 Ron W8RJL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
> To: "John Hudson" <jd_hudson@comcast.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coax/Rotor Cable on the outside or inside of
> thetower
>
>
>> Too much dissimilar metal. Good idea though.
>> Thanks for sharing.
>> 73
>> Jim W7RY
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "John Hudson" <jd_hudson@comcast.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:56 PM
>> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coax/Rotor Cable on the outside or inside of
>> thetower
>>
>>> This may not be what you would want to use but a simple way to ground
>>> your
>>> coax shield is to use a large ground lug out of a panel box. One of our
>>> club
>>> members uses this
>>> http://www.w4nja.org/HomeBrew/W4KU-Coax-Ground-20091206.htm
>>>
>>> Simple, neat and did I say simple!
>>>
>>> John
>>> KO4XJ
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K8RI
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:25 PM
>>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coax/Rotor Cable on the outside or inside of
>>> the
>>> tower
>>>
>>> On 3/29/2012 7:00 PM, Gene Smar wrote:
>>>> Richard:
>>>>
>>>> To help ground your coax cable runs onto the tower at the top and
>>>> bottom, as Jim suggests, you can fab up some homebrew cable ground
>>>> clamps.
>>>> I wrote up a description at
>>>> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2002-07/msg00698.html
>>> .
>>>> Joe KC2TN took photos of his
>>>> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-10/msg00356.html
>>> .
>>>>
>>> I just use a bulkhead connector, top and botton.
>>>
>>> There may be a tiny bit more loss, but it's simple.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Roger (K8RI)
>>>
>>>
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