Post by bootymonster on Oct 9, 2010 17:33:47 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkNBUPK4Fds&feature=player_embedded
sorry about the video quality , i was using a old canon digital camera .
yea , my fat azz was tired so i was breathing hard . LOL
i miss-spoke on the video , the ground elements are 56 1/2 inches . the red wire is finely stranded 8 gauge power wire ..... ill have to make it shorter since i don't have to reach out to a tuning ring now . there's stainless steel nuts , bolts and washers where the coil connects to the vertical and the 1/8 inch aluminum plate with SS washers between them so there shouldn't be any oxidation between the copper and aluminum because they're touching . ill also put some noalox on them . i think i recall seeing 1/12 inch wide aluminum strips at lowes that i want to put on the bottom of those u-clamps to keeping them from spreading when i tighten them down ...... i also might put a 3rd u-clamp on each one since they're so cheap ....... just because....
BTW.............
if i solder the 8 gauge to the copper coil when i find the correct tuning point should that be ok exposed to the elements or should i put some permatex on it
??
any suggestions are appreciated .
maybe the next time i move ill be somewhere that i can use eight 108-113 1/2 inch ground elements , 4 horizontal and 4 sloped .
sorry about the video quality , i was using a old canon digital camera .
yea , my fat azz was tired so i was breathing hard . LOL
i miss-spoke on the video , the ground elements are 56 1/2 inches . the red wire is finely stranded 8 gauge power wire ..... ill have to make it shorter since i don't have to reach out to a tuning ring now . there's stainless steel nuts , bolts and washers where the coil connects to the vertical and the 1/8 inch aluminum plate with SS washers between them so there shouldn't be any oxidation between the copper and aluminum because they're touching . ill also put some noalox on them . i think i recall seeing 1/12 inch wide aluminum strips at lowes that i want to put on the bottom of those u-clamps to keeping them from spreading when i tighten them down ...... i also might put a 3rd u-clamp on each one since they're so cheap ....... just because....
BTW.............
if i solder the 8 gauge to the copper coil when i find the correct tuning point should that be ok exposed to the elements or should i put some permatex on it
??any suggestions are appreciated .
maybe the next time i move ill be somewhere that i can use eight 108-113 1/2 inch ground elements , 4 horizontal and 4 sloped .
