Kinds of reminds one of the Aggie joke about the builder screaming "green
side up" from inside the house. He had a crew of Aggies laying sod.
Art K5FNQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Parry" <bparry@rgv.rr.com>
To: <jcowens1@comcast.net>; <k8ln@neo.rr.com>
Cc: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TH-7
>I was thinking about the point John made about the drip holes being
>oriented
> down. I had a TH6 years ago and it was mounted upside down by the tower
> guys. Every time it rained, the antenna stopped working. I took a day or
> two
> for the water to evaporate.
>
> Incidentally, I had problems with the balun. I made the mistake of
> transmitting on 40 and fried the balun in no time. Only ashes left in that
> little black box. I think I would use a little "beefier" balun. (Hurricane
> Allen didn't tear up the antenna at 150 feet, but it did blow the top off
> the balun.)
>
> Bill W5VX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> jcowens1@comcast.net
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:53 PM
> To: k8ln@neo.rr.com
> Cc: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] TH-7
>
> I have a TH-11 which is pretty much a TH-7 on steroids. I have never had
> any
> problems with SWR changes in different weather situations (I live in wet
> Seattle, WA). I put it up about 4 years ago and bought it used so it has
> some mileage on it. Hopefully all of the trap drip holes are pointing
> down.
> It has been a pretty good antenna with stable performance over time and
> weather condx.
>
> John Owens - N7TK
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