[TowerTalk] Cleaning aluminum

[force12@interserv.com]

I can echo these comments about maintenance.

Sure, it is a fair amount of work, but I remove, inspect and re-install my 
antennas each year. The longest any antenna has been up without being 
"reviewed" was 2 years, at least since 1977. A by product of this effort is 
learning how to install things that can be removed and re-installed the most 
efficient way. 

Everything will eventually need some work, especially large arrays. To quote 
someone recently about making things stronger, "Before I made it stronger, 
it would last one winter. Now, it lasts two."

Maybe ground-mounted, larger magnetic loops are really the way to go?!!



Have a good day and 73,
			Tom, N6BT
			Force 12 Antennas and Systems
			(Home Page   http://www.QTH.com/force12 )



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