[TenTec] Sticky, goopy stick-on feet

[d.e.warnick at comcast.net]

No problem with the paint or your climate. Problem is with the lousy feet. There is a lot of that out there and the previous owner probably got a 'bargain'
Dave
WA3MKB

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net> 

> Yuck! My Omni VI had some extra stick-on feet. Looks like a previous 
> owner may have used a narrow shelf, and had the back of the rig hanging 
> over, necessitating the extra feet a few inches forward of the regular 
> feet. One of these feet was sticky liquid and made a big mess on my desk 
> top and the bottom of the rig. The other was also gummy, but not liquid. 
> 
> I have never had this problem before, except in the past couple of 
> years. Only two things I can think of have changed in the last couple 
> of years. One is that I am using Ten-Tec gear, and the other is that I 
> live in Hawaii. I wonder if there is some kind of chemical reaction that 
> occurs with the paint Ten-Tec uses and these stick-on feet? Or is the 
> climate here is the cause? Is this problem common to all brands of stick 
> on rubber feet? Or are there good brands that don't do this? 
> 
> DE N6KB 
> 
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