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Old August 9th 07, 02:18 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Jumpers across tower sections

LOTS of NEVERSEZE (bad spelling I know) will also IMHO help with
grouding and taking down the tower years later.



On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:35:21 -0500, Nate Bargmann
wrote:

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:00:08 -0400, Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T) wrote:

For lightning protection, is it generally considered good practice to
install heavy-gauge copper wire jumpers across each junction point
between tower sections?


My reading of the Polyphaser technical papers is that bonding between
sections is not done for many of the reasons already mentioned.

My guess is that the electrical connection between one tower section and
the next might be somewhat variable, especially if the tower sections
weren't new when the tower was assembled.


So long as the galvanized metal surfaces are clean when assembled, there
should be adequate bonding between the two.

73, de Nate