Re: Topband: Beverage strain auto-disconnects

[N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>]

On 07/20/2012 12:59 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
> This is exactly the problem I have with Wireman stranded ~400 ohm ladder
> line. After a few years, if water gets inside, conductors  rust through.

If water gets into WD1A, the three steel strands rust through in 
less than 6 months. Sometimes much less. The four tinned copper 
strands deteriorate and eventually break also. I'm not a 
metallurgist, but somehow the rust from the steel *seems* to weaken 
them.


73,
Paul N1BUG
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