"m II" wrote in message
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starman wrote:

I use stranded steel clothesline. Very strong and thick enough so that
the
senior members of the bird population can see it before they get maimed.


Do you run the steel wire all the way to the radio? If not, how do you
connect the lead wire such as copper to the steel antenna wire without
galvanic corrosion?



It's a temporary setup, So I just used a wire nut (Marrette) filled with
Penetrox, an anti oxidant grease, before it was put on the twisted coax
centre and the steel line. I positioned the closed end upwards, so that it
wouldn't collect rainwater.

A ground wire then runs down to the clamp on water pipe underneath. That's
the only side I have the coax grounded on. Then the coax runs through the
attic and down to the push button switch selector, which feeds the 'radio
of
the day'.

A matching transformer didn't seem to make much difference




mike