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Redesign them to plug into a bulkhead. You would still have to connect/disconnect but at least you could just plug everything into the outside while everything remains connected to the inside of the bulkhead.That would be the best way to preserve the integrity of the cage. Our main concern was lightning protection and the towers themselves had extra protection for that. In my 22 years we only had one strike that did anything although there were MANY more I am sure. Three 222 foot towers in the middle of a field begs to be hit. I walked into the site one day and smelled burnt "something". I looked up at the meters and the RF ammeter was totally black. It blew and thankfully shorted out so it was still allowing the RF out to the tuning and phasing unit and then to the towers.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 548760, member: 39"] Redesign them to plug into a bulkhead. You would still have to connect/disconnect but at least you could just plug everything into the outside while everything remains connected to the inside of the bulkhead.That would be the best way to preserve the integrity of the cage. Our main concern was lightning protection and the towers themselves had extra protection for that. In my 22 years we only had one strike that did anything although there were MANY more I am sure. Three 222 foot towers in the middle of a field begs to be hit. I walked into the site one day and smelled burnt "something". I looked up at the meters and the RF ammeter was totally black. It blew and thankfully shorted out so it was still allowing the RF out to the tuning and phasing unit and then to the towers. [/QUOTE]

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