[TowerTalk] Cushcraft A-3 Center Insulator

[Dale Martin]

> Scotty:
> Ive "been there - done that":
> Take the center insulator out of the tubing - then sand off 
> all the deteriorated fiberglass - then give it 2 coats of 
> krylon clear spray --  good as new -- every few years - do 
> the same thing.

Why, Bill?  

I've had an A3 up for 10 years and never did that.  

It was up for about six years before that before I refurbished the traps and
replaced and element segment (damaged from a lightning hit).  

Never did anything to the center insulator.  

73
Dale, kg5u