[TowerTalk] Re: Beverage boxes

[Pete Smith]

At 06:51 AM 9/19/00 -0500, K0FF wrote:
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>>George
>>Where are you getting the metal boxes that you are using to house your
>balun?
>>73 de Bob AA4RL
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>Bob, I use so many different types of boxes there is no one answer. The
>largest outdoor boxes are Hoffman NEMA 12, steel and with a gasketed door.
>Also use a lot of fiberglass boxes with a hinged gasketed door. The smaller
>ones are usually a Hammond die-cast aluminum with a screw on lid. They work
>well, and have proved to be water proof enough as-is. Sometimes we use a
>Radio Shack plastic box with a molded lid, and they work pretty good, but
>are showing signs of UV damage.
>The best all around source for the Ham builder who needs to house a balun, a
>few relays or a preamp outdoors is Home Depot. 

Another option is the gray plastic junction boxes (not fiberglass filled as
far as I can tell) that Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. have in several sizes.
These too have removable, gasketed lids and appear to handle UV well.
Their big advantage is price, plus their fully-insulated nature makes them
good for dipole parasitic arrays and the like where you need to switch both
the ground and center conductors of the feedlines.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR

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