[TowerTalk] A3S Refurbishment - Traps == Bug Nests

[Steve Bookout]

Hello all,

Been there before.

A good remedy is to disassemble as much as possible and run the parts thru
the dishwasher.

73 de Steve, NR4M

At 09:22 AM 6/22/00 -0400, Bill Coleman AA4LR wrote:
>
>
>I was in the process of reassembling the elements of my A3S last night, 
>when some bits of debris visible in one of the traps stopped me. After 
>trying to fish the debris out of the drain holes, I removed the end caps 
>only to find the trap PACKED with bits of dryed grass or other plant 
>material.
>
>After that, I pulled all of the traps and found that half of them were 
>jammed on either end with the same kind of trash. Out of 12 traps, only 2 
>of them didn't have something in them. I can only guess some small wasp 
>or other bug entered through the drain holes.
>
>Rather than disassemble the traps, I used compressed air and long needle 
>nose pliers to get rid of the debris. It took about an hour to clean all 
>the traps.
>
>So, a word to the wise. If you have a trapped antenna down for 
>maintainence, thoroughly inspect the traps -- there's most likely 
>evidence of some prior insect residents.
>
>
>
>Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
>Quote: "Boot, you transistorized tormentor! Boot!"
>            -- Archibald Asparagus, VeggieTales
>
>
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