Topband: Materials for Beverages?

Tue Aug 3 14:32:20 EDT 2021

All:

      I know nothing about these materials beyond what the links show.  
I merely forwarded to the group what I believed to be a helpful email 
from Amazon.  Caveat Amateur.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

On 8/3/2021 2:16 PM, Tim Duffy wrote:
> Two things concern me about black. UV and possible carbon used to color
> black - which may be conductive at RF frequencies
>
> 73
> Tim K3LR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+k3lr=k3lr.com at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Drew Vonada-Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 1:02 PM
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: Materials for Beverages?
>
> Gene,
>
> I have used those and others in that series with only fair results.  They do
> break more often than I'd like.  I replace about 10% of them per year, which
> is acceptable given that they are cheap. But I have not found anything
> better.
>
> FYI - I'd be happy to use black ones, but have never seen them.  My local
> farm store carries the exact same bright yellow ones you listed.  A link to
> a "preferred type" would be welcome.  I'm a bit of a birder and have not
> heard of any hummingbird death issues.  References?
>
> 73,
> Drew K3PA
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> Toda
> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:35:47 -0400
> From: Gene Smar <ersmar at verizon.net>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: Fwd: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Amazon recommends "Zareba
>          ITY-Z Standard..." and more
> Message-ID: <78ef5d0e-0d78-c118-0819-e5ccc2dd72f3 at verizon.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> FYI.? Materials for Beverages?
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar? AD3F
>
>
>
> Hello Gene Smar,
>
> We found some items we think you might like.
>
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