Brian, Tnx for the info. I won a gift certificate at Dayton from DXEngineering and trying to decide what I should spend it on :-) 73, N2TK, Tony
-----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Pease Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: Radial plate I have a DX Engineering radial plate bolted to the tilt-over base of my aluminum tower. It is very nice, and I use the coax cable feature to ground my feedline. It is really overkill for your purpose. I would crimp *_and solder _*ring terminals onto each radial, with perhaps 1/4" holes. I would then stack them on a long 1/4-20 Stainless hex head bolt along with the wire to run up the pole, then seriously tighten the bolt. Trivial cost & easier to do. On 6/27/2018 9:08 AM, N2TK, Tony wrote: > Planning on changing from elevated radials to ground mounted radials > for my > 80 M 4-sq. After twice having to rebuild the elevated radials this > past winter from the snow/ice storms it is time to go to the ground. I > plan on having the feedpoints on 4x4 posts with the feedpoints 3’ up > from the ground so they don’t get snow covered often. > > Looking at the DXEngineering Radial plates. It looks like an easy way > to tie the radials together on the ground then run a ground wire up to > a box at the feedpoint. Any comments or issues with using these radial plates? > > > > Also going to use buried feedlines – RG6, ¾ wave with 8 turns through > #31 big clamp-on core at the feedpoint. > > 73, > > N2TK, Tony > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
