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Re: [TowerTalk] A3S Traps

To: Glenn Pritchard <gpritchard7000@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] A3S Traps
From: n8de@thepoint.net
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:02:30 -0400
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Not sure what Cushcraft/MFJ is doing with the traps now, but, some other manufacturers in the past used sealed traps with a 'bleed hole' at the bottom of an end cap.
73
Don
N8DE


Quoting Glenn Pritchard <gpritchard7000@gmail.com>:

Regardless of how they showed up you still must have vent holes in the traps. I had a MA5B twenty years ago and although it had vent or moisture holes the traps still collected water.
Put the traps on a drill press and drill small 1/8 holes in the covers.
Make sure when assembled the holes face down.

Glenn, VA7UO

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On Jul 17, 2019, at 9:35 PM, K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:

I recently bought some replacement traps for my old A3S from MFJ/Cushcraft. Unike the originals, the replacements have no vent holes. Among other problems, the original traps tended to collect moisture and take a long time to dry out, so I'm concerned that the replacements might be even worse. Does anyone have any experience with these unvented traps?


73,

Scott K9MA

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Scott  K9MA

k9ma@sdellington.us

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