Re: Topband: Radial Attachment Plate

2023-10-30 Thread john
I had a DX Engineering radial plate on my P40A 160m vertical and had zero corrosion. You could cut one in half to go around the tower. Rolling up multiple attached wires would likely become a tangles mess. You should be able to find suitable stainless steel angle at Mc-Master Carr, drilling a

Re: Topband: Radial Attachment Plate

2023-10-30 Thread Stan Stockton
Jim, Thanks for pointing me to that review. I looked at that picture. These are 304 grade stainless. DX Engineering's plate is the same - 304 stainless steel which is not the best for corrosion resistance. 316 would be much better. Those in the review were installed on a table 100 feet from

Re: Topband: Radial Attachment Plate

2023-10-30 Thread Jim Brown
On 10/30/2023 3:25 PM, Stan Stockton wrote: If you are interested send me an email and I will send you a picture of the thing put together. I think it will help with my corrosion problem and wanted to share the information. A caution, Stan. One of the reviews notes corrosion after six months.

Topband: Radial Attachment Plate

2023-10-30 Thread Stan Stockton
In preparing to head to ZF9CW in about ten days, I wanted to take something that would allow me to do a better job on my radials under my shunt fed tower. With the thing so close to salt water the detriment is that everything corrodes in a short period of time. I was looking for something to help