[BC] bonding AM tower sections

[Douglas B. Pritchett]

In the past, we've had contractors weld small jumpers across the flanges 
to help provide a good electical connection from section to section.

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Douglas B. Pritchett
Fort Wayne, IN
WBZQ1300 at verizon.net


Rob Atkinson wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> a ham, putting up a 4 tower array for 3.5 mhz, is using sections of 
> rohn 25 and is wondering if anything special has to be done to bond 
> the sections together for long term conductivity.  It seemed to me 
> that this is an area where you guys might have some useful advice.  
> Are AM tower sections bonded in any special way (tack welding for 
> example) or is the compression from weight and standard bolting of leg 
> flanges enough?   I'd guess the latter but wanted to be sure.
>