[Boatanchors] antenna question

[manualman at juno.com]

Depending on the age of the beam, I would suggest taking the antenna
down. Then physically open each trap, inspect, clean, check for good
hardware contacts, etc. If you never did this the entire time you've
owned the beam, now is probably a good time. If you find anything
unfixable, then purchase what you need. Forum repair and suggestions
sometimes leads you down the correct road but hand's on inspection is
hard to beat. Before hurricane Sandy hit my area, I took down my 5
element tri-bander. Before I put it back up, I opened up every trap to
clean, inspect, burnish contact areas, etc. Last time I did that was in
2000. I was amazed at the amount of crud and loose contact screws in
several of the traps.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:05:20 -0600 RAY FRIESS <rayfrijr at msn.com> writes:
> That seems to be the consensus of the group here....  a bad trap.   
> Now, I need to decide whether to just order one from
> MFJ or try to fix it when I take the tower down.  if I try to fix it 
> and can't then my beam will be down and out of commission
> until I get another trap and get the tower back up.  I dont want to 
> raise the tower and then have to lower it again so I can
> stay on 20 and 10 while waiting for the new trap.
>