[Antennas] Antenna Drowning!!

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 18:16:07 -0500

Actually I'd rather have the bugs. water freezes, at least up here in
Chicagoland.
And aluminum doesn't take kindly to ice formation inside it's tubes.

Now I admit that it's unlikely the boom would be so full and end caps so
restrictive  that the ice would split the boom.

At my location, most of that water doesn't go into the boom but into my
coax.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Shrader" <[email protected]>
To: "jeboyd" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Antennas Net" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] Antenna Drowning!!

> Rain/snow water doesn't hurt Aluminum!!
>
> Removing the end caps will solve the water 'problem' but will increase
> the 'bug nest' problem. <grin>
>
> W1MCE
>
> jeboyd wrote:
> >
> > Dear Group,
> > Just took down my six meter beam and found that the boom was full of
water.
> > Anybody ever had that problem??  And if so, what do you do to fix it??
Does
> > it hurt to leave the rubber caps off the end to let the water drain
out??
> >
> > 73
> > Jim
> > kb9vtm
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