This occurred to me to ask after reading about taping the end
caps:
Why don't we just crimp the end tips closed?
What's the problem with doing that?
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hider, N3RR <n3rr@erols.com>
To: T A RUSSELL <n4kg@juno.com>
Cc: rpierce@trxinc.com <rpierce@trxinc.com>;
TOWERTALK@contesting.com <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>;
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To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, August 16, 1998 15:18 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] What tape to use?
>
>I have used both Scotch 33+ and Scotch Super 88. Scotch Super
88 is FAR
>BETTER. It holds its "stick" much better than Scotch 33+. I
have Scotch
>33+ "loose ends" blowing ing the wind and have to repair them
with Scotch
>Super 88. 33+ also is very brittle in cold wx when Super 88 is
just as
>limp as when indoors. Yes, 33+ costs about 2/3 Super 88. Been
there,
>done that!
>
>Bill, N3RR
>
>
>T A RUSSELL wrote:
>
>> After replacing all of the trap end caps,
>> TAPE them with Scotch 33 electrical tape,
>> ending with a loose turn that you CUT off.
>> Cutting instead of pulling will prevent "flagging"
>> and the tape will prevent uV deterioration of
>> the end caps, enabling them to last forever.
>> You might also want to tape over the insulator
>> ends that are exposed at the driven elements.
>>
>> de Tom N4KG
>>
>>
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