Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 12:17:47 -0300
Wife and I are looking at waterfront properties in VE1/9/VY2/VO1/2. Ideally I would like to locate my antennas inland (in the trees) a little ways to (hopefully?) minimize(??) salt water corrosion an
Look at my QTH location if you wish. My antennas are all 10-20m from salt water, humidity is high and the temperatures are warm. Except for critical structural pieces, all connecting hardware is stai
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Once upon a time a long time ago in a city far far away(San Diego) I took about an 18 month sabbatical, got a commercial radiotelephone lisc, and worked as a marine electronic field engineer. I worke
Most antenna aluminum is 6061 or 6063, an alloy that is not the best choice for corrosion resistance. It is chosen for yield strength. From my sailing experience - Powder coatings on a mast work on A
Mike, The following article appeared in the NCJ back in 2011. It has a lot of good info on what the folks at PJ2T had to do to in order deal with the saltwater corrosion problem in Curacao: http://ww
I do not know of any data showing that salt water enhances the signal of a horizontal antenna, however after operating from a number of locations in the Caribbean it certainly seems that way. If you
Mike, I do not have water front property but I am on 280 feet of canal that goes out to the Gulf of Mexico via the Peace River and Charlotte Harbor. 1 acre ( house + 2 building lots or 2 antenna lots
Wife and I are looking at waterfront properties in VE1/9/VY2/VO1/2. Ideally I would like to locate my antennas inland (in the trees) For me, I'd consider about 200 miles. 73 Roger (K8RI) ____________
applied if needed. Just make sure you never have to take it off. It's the WORST stuff in the world to get off of anything. You put in on a connector - you have to throw the connector away. Much bett
Just make sure you never have to take it off. It's the WORST stuff in the world to get off of anything. You put in on a connector - you have to throw the connector away. Why? There is absolutely noth
There is a better way to use Coax-Seal, which the makers don't tell us because it uses only a very small amount per connector. The one good place to use Coax-Seal is to fill the small gap between the
Products like coax seal are worth using liberally wherever it can be applied if needed. Just make sure you never have to take it off. It's the WORST stuff in the world to get off of anything. You pu
Products like coax seal are worth using liberally wherever it can be applied if needed. Just make sure you never have to take it off. It's the WORST stuff in the world to get off of anything. You pu
The stuff you are talking about is Self Amalgamating Tape and is very much available in the Big Box stores. It is even available in different colors now. It is great stuff and I use it all the time.
Coax Seal is completely different, it is more like black putty in form but stays soft and moldable, very useful and works well if you put regular I think it's te same or similar to electrical putty,
I have used something else to cover the connectors before using tape or coax seal. Plumbers teflon tape is not too expensive and can be tightly wound on the connectors to prevent anything from sticki
One of the best things I've used - got it from an old telephone worker - is to smear a lot of Vaseline on the connections. I've had antenna connectors I've put Vaseline on be as shiny as the day I pu