on 10/12/02 2:09 PM, Gordon Sahnow at w7whb@tds.net wrote:
> I have used electrical tape for years but over time get a
> few "flags". My new procedure is about 2 wraps of electrical tape over
>
> After many years as a professional mechanic doing electrical repair, using
> countless rolls of electrical tape from various manufacturers and having
> recently taken down stacked beams which had been in the air for twenty plus
> years with no flags showing, I can say that if one does not stretch the last
> two turns or so of tape while finishing the wrap, flags will not appear.
>From what I've been told, if you cut the tape and then gently press the tail
into place, you won't get the flag. The worst thing to do is to stretch the
tape to basically tear it off the roll. I am VERY guilty of doing that and
I am sure I'll have to go back some day and re-do everything!
73,
Jon
NA9D
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Life Member: ARRL, NRA
Member: AMSAT, DXCC
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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