[TowerTalk] Preventative Maintenance. Was... KLM & Other Paste

[Jim White, K4OJ]

W4AN in the BC wrote:


"My idea is as long as the antenna is on the ground already, I might as
well
go through it completely.  If I have it on the ground now, it means there
isn't a contest that I need it for soon.  I might as well go through it now
rather than the antenna or components failing the weekend before CQWW SSB.
Or worse, having it fail and not know it until after the contest when I get
beat on some band by a few hundred QSO's."  


THIS, is the ESSENCE of not only preventative maintenance, but MAXIMIZATION
OF OPERATING ENJOYMENT!

NOTHING is as big a bummer as your prize antenna not playing on a contest
weekend......

Why screw around with something - chicken wiring and duct taping it
together when you can do it up right.  This is a wise investment of time,
actually:

Bill, has hit on an excellent point for everyone up North who has to do
their antenna work this time of year.....for me, its too damn hot right
now!



73,

Jim, K4OJ

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