[Boatanchors] Ground wire?

[J. Forster]

I think you can connect Al to Cu, using some kind of electrical contact
goop. The power people do it every day, or used to.

-John

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> Ideally none of what you mentioned should be used--copper strap 2 or 3
> inches wide is desirable.  But I understand you need a quick fix.
> Copper is better than aluminum because with aluminum you have to
> fabricate some sort of union between the rod and the wire.  You can't
> connect aluminum directly to copper.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Phil <ko6bb1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Now the question.  The total run to tie all grounds together is about 18
>> feet.  I wanted to purchase some copper tubing and have a friend braze
>> it to all rods in an unbroken length to tie them together.  However, the
>> budget is about shot, copper tubing is out of the question for now.  I'm
>> presently using odd lengths of 18Ga stranded wire for TEMPORARY use
>> (yeah, I know, not the best for RF circuits).
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