- 1. Topband: A Big Mess! (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Bibb <zedkay@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:57:18 -0500
- Hi, Topbanders I'm posting this so that others may benefit from my mistake and not repeat it. I use small PVC boxes to house the matching transformers of my Beverage antennas. These are electrical en
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00035.html (8,388 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: A Big Mess! (score: 1)
- Author: W0UN -- John Brosnahan <shr@swtexas.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:03:07 -0500
- Hi, Charles, Welcome to the wonderful world of condensation. It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to seal out the moisture. I learned this a LONG time ago and yet I had engineers design antenna matching networ
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00036.html (10,009 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: A Big Mess! (score: 1)
- Author: Merv Schweigert <k9fd@flex.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:47:14 -1000
- Try drilling a very small hole in the bottom side, preferable two, or a little larger one with a piece of screen over it to block out the bugs, air circulation works wonders and keeps it dry, if you
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00037.html (7,524 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: A Big Mess! (score: 1)
- Author: "EP Swynar" <gswynar@durham.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:45:03 -0400
- On 16th August, Charles wrote... "...I would strongly recommend NOT using silica gel in any outdoor 'sealed' enclosures. I think maybe I'll try Ed's grains of rice approach to moisture removal. Maybe
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00039.html (9,244 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: A Big Mess! (score: 1)
- Author: K4SAV <RadioIR@charter.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:03:18 -0500
- Be careful with that WD40. I used that stuff to clean some barrel connectors used in my receiving antennas. The residual WD40, left in the connector, floated some black conductive junk out of the con
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00044.html (7,819 bytes)
- 6. Re: Topband: A Big Mess! (score: 1)
- Author: Ralph Matheny <mathenyr@marietta.edu>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:23:57 -0400 (EDT)
- An old elmer of mine taught me that any procedure that will keep water out will keep water in. There is no way to beat God's two most powerful inventions--water and gravity. Always leave a vent hole
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00045.html (7,519 bytes)
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