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Old March 16th 07, 05:57 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
JIMMIE JIMMIE is offline
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Default Soldering and Antennas

On Mar 15, 11:22 pm, Irv Finkleman wrote:
Owen Duffy wrote:

My comments about wire nuts were about wire nuts as most of us understand.


I would not use wire nuts for your earth system.


Split bolt connectors are fine for your purpose.


Owen


Thanks for the learnin' sir! Now I know, and I wouldn't
use wire nuts either! I'm even leery about them in my
house wiring! The split-bolt connector is what I had in
mind.

Thanks again

Irv VE6BP

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16 guage and larger I tend to crimp, bolt, ect. smaller I solder.

Jimmie