[BC] Station with the slant wire feed (with picture)

Milton R. Holladay Jr. miltron at mindspring.com
Mon Feb 9 01:08:47 CST 2009


If this were my project, I would insist on grounding all those coaxes right 
where the slant wire attaches to the steel, as well as at the top and 
bottom, so that the whole affair is strictly a single vertical radiator, 
electrically..........................................
M

From: "Dana Puopolo" <dpuopolo at usa.net>

Under the conditions you speak of, it might even make more sense to hit the
coaxes with the slant wire then the tower. Essentially what you have is a
copper rod running up the tower to a certain height. Since the copper line 
is
one piece and conducts better then steel, it might work better then attacing
the feed to the steel tower. Of course, the lines MUST be well bonded to the
tower all the way up to minimize/eliminate circulating currents. At least 
once
per tower section at a minimum.

-D

From: "gRAdy Moates" <lists at loudandclean.com>

    My experience has been that, as long as *all* of the coaxes have
enough ground kits on them as they ascend the tower, such that none
of them can have circulating currents in their outer conductors that
become significant, the coaxes are not a problem.




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