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1. [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: "Steve Daniel" <nn4t@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:35:41 -0500; Good morning. I have the 6-40 meter vertical which, until recently, has worked well. Suddenly, I was hearing nothing. The element seems to cycle properly but no signals. After checking the coax and f; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00649.html (7,611 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: Ryan Jairam <rjairam@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:44:23 -0400; How about some compressed air? I would be wary of cleaning out with any sort of liquid. I would look at sealing it up properly if you think they are entering from below. Ryan, N2RJ -- Ryan A. Jairam,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00651.html (8,907 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: "Jim Hargrave" <w5ifp@gvtc.com>; Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:10:52 -0500; Steve, I would suggest you spray WD-40 into it. It should not damage the motor and will kill the ants. I would not use any insecticide, because it is corrosive. Once the ants/spiders are dead, you sh; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00652.html (9,342 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: Robrk <robrk@nidhog.net>; Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:35:51 -0400; Then toss in a couple of clothes dryer sheets (Bounce) and or moth balls. Redo every couple months. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00656.html (10,101 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: Kelly Taylor <theroadtrip@mts.net>; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:06:51 -0500; If they are entering from below, I would suspect it's not through a hole that is a design flaw, but rather a hole designed as a moisture vent. I'd think if that was the case, screening the hole is a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00673.html (9,849 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:57:43 -0700; I totally agree. Don't seal holes, especially if the housing is plastic. Virtually any commonly used plastic is non-hermetic to individual water molecules, and internal condensation over time (change; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00675.html (11,359 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: TexasRF@aol.com; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:10:55 EDT; And further, if you don't let the housing breathe, that condensation can accumulate and eventually fill it with water. Trying to seal a box like that will never prevent vapor laden atmosphere from en; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00677.html (12,621 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: RLVZ@aol.com; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:19:28 EDT; I had this exact condensation problem once with a Ham IV rotor in Florida... as it "filled with water". I found no cracks in the bell housing yet "it filled with water". Perhaps rotors need to be abl; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00679.html (8,859 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:47:24 -0700; I used to be an engineer, and later an operations manager, for one of the largest manufacturers of semiconductors in the world. Most of our components were plastic encapsulated with materials far mor; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00683.html (10,177 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:41:36 +0100; Some years ago, I had the problem of ants taking over the 21mhz trap of a ground mounted Hygain 18AVQ/WB ground mounted vertical overnight. I had set the vertical up on the grass lawn to try it out,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00691.html (11,914 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] SteppIR vertical (score: 1): Author: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net>; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:10:24 -0700; And further, if you don't let the housing breathe, that condensation can accumulate and eventually fill it with water. Trying to seal a box like that will never prevent vapor laden atmosphere from en; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00710.html (9,551 bytes)

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