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Re: [TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires
From: Mark - N5OT <r-emails@n5ot.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 10:14:30 -0500
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If it was me I'd get _8 small split-bolts_ and I'd be done with it.  No need to solder these.  Thanks to an original recommendation by N4GG, split-bolts are standard equipment in my Weekend DXpedition "I have no idea what I will find when I get there" toolbox.

Electricians tape them when they're done, and someone decades later will find a pristine one still doing its job under all that tape.

Those joints will last longer than you will need that antenna :-)

73 - Mark N5OT


On 7/12/2021 8:26 AM, Steve London wrote:
  This may seem to be an easy problem, but the solutions I have tried have
not held up.

I need to electrically and mechanically join 2 perpendicular pieces of
bare, #12 copper wire. They will be subject to wind forces which have
repeatedly broken mere solder joints.

Suggestions ?

Steve, N2IC
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