[TowerTalk] PL-259 Going Open?

[Roger (K8RI)]

Richards wrote:
> Are you saying the water flowed all the way through the cable
> and ended up inside the shack !?!

Yup, between one and two cups worth. 9913 is like a pipe with a center 
conductor suspended by a spiral.
Twas a 90' vertical run plus about 85 to 95' horizontal to the radio.
Ruined the desk top too. Top is particle board with a laminated surface 
which apparently is not water proof. Where ever water got on it the top 
swelled up. .
73

Roger (K8RI)
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> Roger (K8RI) wrote:
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>> Lightning blew the seal off at the top and wqith in 15 minutes I had 
>> water running out of the rig.  
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> Water got into the matching unit, followed the center conductor
> through the chassis connector and then down the 9913.
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