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Re: [TowerTalk] Water in my XM240

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Water in my XM240
From: David O Hachadorian <k6ll@juno.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:31:58 +0000
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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:07:48 -0500 K4SAV <RadioIR@charter.net> writes:
> For the past eight weeks, my XM240 has been sitting in my back yard 
> on 
> concrete blocks, awaiting the arrival of my 4 element SteppIR. Today 
> I 
> removed a couple of the elements and found a lot of water inside. 
> (Much 
> more than can be accounted for by condensation.)

Don't rule out condensation. The last time I folded my tower over, I took
an end cap off my 40-2CD and a ton of water came out. This is in Yuma,
AZ, where it hadn't rained in months. After that, I left the end caps
off.


Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
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