[ARC5] Radios and the Canal

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

The humidity in oceanic areas is laden with salt!
Even away from the immediate coast, when rain on an 
auto evaporates, little rings of salt can remain. 
 
You don't have to drive on the beach or into salt 
water for your automobile to look like a hunk of 
Swiss cheese within a few short years. 
 
Antennas in coastal areas can fall apart in an 
amazingly short time. 
 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk at hotmail.com * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) * 
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(One time inhabitant of Guam and Harlingen, TX)
  
 

> From: neilb at ihug.co.nz
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 12:50:27 +1200
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radios and the Canal
> 
> > And by the way, they mention in the book that the "high moisture levels" in the South Pacific were an serious impediment to good communications.
> > Not sure what they men by that. Corrosion is an obvious problem, as are storms, but it's not clear to me why water in the air is a concern.
> 
> The only thing I can think of is rain static.
> 
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM