Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hound.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hound!rfg From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Old ham needs grounding advice Message-ID: <728@hound.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 13:39:11 EST Article-I.D.: hound.728 Posted: Fri Nov 2 13:39:11 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Nov-84 06:49:09 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 14 My approx. 80 yr old mom in Belleair Beach Florida is a ham. I am not, but I have always done her technical work for her. We have a problem: She has a multi-band trap vertical working against a fine ground plane. However, because this is lightning country with a vengeance, I have the vertical grounded with a battery cable clamp biting the vertical. Mom can't open the clamp anymore (weak hands). Does anyone know of a good antenna grounding relay suitable for such an application. Antenna is about 4 ft from salt water bay. Has to withstand salt water corrosion, fungus, etc. - all the tropical stuff. Prefer 110 vac coil. THanks in advance. Dick Grantges hound!rfg 201-949-4341 -- "It's the thought, if any, that counts." Dick Grantges hound!rfg