[TowerTalk] Was "43ft Vertical Feeding Question and Balun Type"

[Richards]

Hi Gary -- YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT ABOUT WEATHER
PROOFING.

i have one of these verticals - just put it up - and I live in Michigan
and we get nearly the amount of snow you get in Wisc.

Unless a better idea presents itself,  I plan to do as DXE suggested
and said some fellows do -  put a large plastic bucket (maybe a 5
gallon size - with a hole in its bottom and drop it over the antenna
mast to cover the base.   I can do something with plastic and tape
and all (not sure what I will do yet...) and sort of weather seal it.

I am not worried about absolute moisture sealing, per se, as it is
already intended to be outside in the elements, already.   But I do
not really want the balun and the coax connections to be directly
buried in snow for three to five months at a time.   I think the bucket
idea will work well enough to seal out snow and ice - although it
will not be a perfect moisture barrier, I am sure.   I suspect I can
tip it up or raise it a bit on clear, dry days, to air it out so the thing
is not cocooned in a wet "terrarium" environment.  I just want to
keep it from being buried in snow if the snow gets higher than
about 8  or ten inches deep.

I AM OPEN TO ANY BETTER IDEAS  !!!

Happy Trails  -----------  Richards - K8JHR  -----------------

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Gary K9GS wrote:


I don't see any reason why you couldn't put the tuner at the
base of the antenna **provided** you could  keep the weather out.
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> I'm not sure if I'd do it living in WI but if I lived in a more temperate 
> climate...maybe.

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