[TowerTalk] Traps and bugs

[Bill Marx]

Try putting a few moth balls inside.
Bill Marx W2CQ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry " <w2up at mindspring.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 9:55 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Traps and bugs


> Hi all,
> One of my TH7s started acting flaky recently, so I dropped the two
> driven elements and took the traps apart.  I went through this
> exercise 2-3 years ago for the same reason.  (I'd like to get the
> parasitic elements down too to check them out, but too much of a
> hassle to bring the whole antenna down). They were full of spider
> eggs, grass clippings, etc. which detuned them. After cleaning, it
> tuned fine again.
>
> I wonder if anyone has a solution to prevent all this crud from
> getting into the traps? One idea that occurred to me is putting small
> squares of fiberglass window screen over each drain hole.  Has anyone
> tried this, or any other thoughts?
> 73,
> Barry W2UP--
> Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
> Newtown, PA                     Frankford Radio Club
>
>
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