[TowerTalk] Re: TH7 Traps

[n3drk]

Blake, it is not a water blocker. It is a fine netting which allows
condensation to escape but keeps out the bugs and whatever thingys will
collect in the traps.

john

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake M. Meinecke" <n4gi at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re: TH7 Traps


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "n3drk" <n3drk at triad.rr.com>
>
> > Dont get caught up in all this novelty stuff. The people who push these
> non
> > trap antennas go by what is in that tribander report and like i said an
> > unscientific one at that. One cannot dispute mathematics. Gain is a
> product
> > of Boom Length.
>
> Personally, I wouldn't put any potential water blocker in the trap holes
> unless I lived out in the arid west.  Every time it rains, I have to
"boil"
> the water out of my low TH3 by turning up the power until it starts
working
> agn.  During those times, I'm glad to have the C4 above it, no math
> required.....
>
> Blake N4GI
>
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