[TowerTalk] Water in my XM240

[David O Hachadorian]

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:07:48 -0500 K4SAV <RadioIR at charter.net> writes:
> For the past eight weeks, my XM240 has been sitting in my back yard 
> on 
> concrete blocks, awaiting the arrival of my 4 element SteppIR. Today 
> I 
> removed a couple of the elements and found a lot of water inside. 
> (Much 
> more than can be accounted for by condensation.)

Don't rule out condensation. The last time I folded my tower over, I took
an end cap off my 40-2CD and a ton of water came out. This is in Yuma,
AZ, where it hadn't rained in months. After that, I left the end caps
off.


Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ