Geeeeez!!!!! and I thought those were throwaways.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
To: "'Alek Petkovic'" <vk6apk@eon.net.au>; <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Amps] Alpha 86
> In XE-land, a Corona washer is a guy who washes out the Corona bottles
after
> they've been used.
>
> "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
> enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alek Petkovic [SMTP:vk6apk@eon.net.au]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:25 PM
> > To: amps@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [Amps] Alpha 86
> >
> > You don't want a dirty corona, do you?
> >
> > You gotta have a washer.
> >
> > It is a non conductive washer that performs the same task as the ribs on
> > your spark plugs our power line insulators. I believe it goes on the
> > solder tag of the switch prior to soldering the wire to it. It increases
> > the distance a potential arc has to travel, thus making it less likely
to
> > occur.
> >
> > 73, Alek.
> > VK6APK
> >
> > At 03:48 PM 5/03/2003 -0600, dj2001@mn.rr.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > >What is a corona washer? Do I need or want one on my AL80A bandswitch?
> > >
> > >Dale K9VUJ
> > >
> > >
> > >>Actually, I already have. I've seen the results of the corona-caused
> > >>breakdown
> > >>that you refer to there. I repaired an SB-1000 with a burned
160-meter
> > tune
> > >>padder contact. This contact was connected to the hot side of the
> > PI-net, and
> > >>arced to ground across the wafer. The moving contact was undamaged,
> > proving
> > >>that it had not been hot-switched. I put a corona washer on the
> > replacement
> > >>contact, and I had no further problems.
> > >>
> > >>73
> > >>Vic K2VCO
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