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[TowerTalk] PVC and RF

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Subject: [TowerTalk] PVC and RF
From: 2@vc.net (2)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 06:33:13 -0700
>
>Some time ago, W4ZWE made an insulated feed
>40M rotary dipole using PVC insulators. If I remember
>correctly, one type of PVC failed under application of RF
>while another did not.  I'm thinking the white PVC failed
>and the black held up but it could be backwards.  Anybody
>else experience this phenomenon?
>
//  Black plumbing pipe is usually ABS.  Gray and white are often PVC.  
ABS is good with RF.  PVC seems to be a maybe.  

cheers, Tom 



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