[TowerTalk] frost on a antenna

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/13/00 6:21:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
eugenej@onepine.com writes:

> This is the reply that I sent. It won't happen overnight but a couple of
>  years be like Muffler on your car.
>  Absolutely.  Byproduct of natural gas is that it has a sulphur content.
>  After burning, that gas that is being emitted is low level sulphuric acid
>  and water.  It will certainly eat up your antenna over a given period of
>  time.  to prove the point in question -- a flue pipe on a natural gas
>  furnace and heater if you use the cheap home depot pipe, then probably
>  within a few years it will be leaking like a sieve.  I am a stationery
>  engineer and unfortunately, this point is often missed.  If I can be of any
>  further assistance, please contact me.  73's  K2QWD  Gene
>  

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