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Re: [TowerTalk] Hose Clamps

To: n8cc@mei.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hose Clamps
From: Jerry Gardner <jerryw6uv@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:47:47 -0800
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:48 AM, <n8cc@mei.net> wrote:

>
>
> While you're replacing inferior parts, consider addressing the
> plastic
> element and boom caps.  My last HyGain antenna
> came with blue and
> orange caps.  The sun ate them up in
> two years up here in Michigan.  They
> probably wouldn't
> last a summer down south.
>
> Possibly a good grade of
> black tape, carefully applied, would offer some
> degree of UV
> protection


Good point. I'll look for something to wrap the end caps. Mine came with
blue plastic caps.

One upgrade that I did do was to get the higher power BN-4000 balun to
replace the stock BN-86.
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