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1. [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: "Bob Maser" <bmaser@tampabay.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:50:37 -0400; I am in need of some 3" plastic boom caps and some 1/2" element end caps. Anyone have some or could direct me to a source? Bob Maser W6TR Valrico, FL _______________________________________________ _; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00519.html (6,534 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: n8de@thepoint.net; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:25:48 -0400; I use foam rubber balls [with a happy face on them] place INSIDE the end of the boom. Usually available at 'Dollar' stores for .... a Dollar! As for the element end caps .... here I go again : Silico; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00520.html (7,387 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: "Jeff Carter" <towertalk@hidden-valley.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:42:28 -0400; When last this came up for me (I was rebuilding both a Cushcraft R7 and a A4S) I found the following: http://cableorganizer.com/heat-shrink-end-caps/ They worked like a charm. I took N8DE's suggestio; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00521.html (8,130 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: jimc@pwrone.com; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:02:01 +0000; DX Engineering has them 73 Jim N9WW Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry When last this came up for me (I was rebuilding both a Cushcraft R7 and a A4S) I found the following: http://cableorganize; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00522.html (9,135 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:12:07 -0400; What is the purpose of end caps? I never use them and I have never had a problem as a result of not having end caps. John KK9A I am in need of some 3" plastic boom caps and some 1/2" element end caps; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00523.html (6,878 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: "Jeff Carter" <towertalk@hidden-valley.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:35:19 -0400; In the case of the Cushcraft R7, moisture ingress into the traps equals VSWR of 10:1 or worse. In the case of the A4S, insect nesting and moisture can cause issues. With both antennas, water in the t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00524.html (8,405 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: K2EK@aol.com; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:39 EDT; I started out with whatever end caps were supplied for a LARGE range of yagis at my former rather harsh ENY QTH. Eventually, they mostly fell off without any adverse consequence. Maybe the bugs could; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00525.html (7,969 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:13:40 -0400; I agree that water inside a tube can freeze and cause it to fracture. On all of my antennas the horizontal elements are open at each end so water does not build up, freeze and crack the tubing. It se; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00526.html (8,868 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] plastic end caps (score: 1): Author: "Gregg Seidl" <K9KL@centurytel.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:36:30 -0500; I DON'T put them on my antennas because I don't want to trap anything in the tubing.Never had any trouble with them that way.I would think in a year or two the UV would kill them anyway and they woul; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00528.html (7,833 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: K4SAV <RadioIR@charter.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:09:09 -0500; While I was waiting for my tower to be finished, my XM240 was sitting out in the back yard on concrete blocks for about a month. When I removed the end caps, a whole bunch of water flowed out. Draw y; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00532.html (10,775 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: "George" <k5jz@bellsouth.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:44:01 -0500; I always drill a small drainage hole (about 5/32) on the bottom side of my booms just inside of where the end cap stops. I do not seal the element ends... dirt-dobbers around here do that within a we; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00533.html (13,018 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic End Caps (score: 1): Author: "WA3GIN" <wa3gin@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:51:10 -0400; Did anyone mention the PVC sewer pipe compression caps used by plumbers? They fit inside the pipe, you twist a butterfly knob that expands a rubber seal which presses up against the inside of the pip; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-04/msg00534.html (8,231 bytes)

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