[TowerTalk] SteppIR Rubber Boots

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Six coats of SPAR varnish should get you about 20 yrs...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rlvz at aol.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 3:47 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] SteppIR Rubber Boots


>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am wondering if anything can be done to increase the life of the 
> SteppIR
> rubber boots that hold the element to the boom?  Is there a coating  they
> can be sprayed with?  Here in Florida, mine have significant  cracks after
> one year.
>
> 73,
> Dick- K9OM
>
>
> In a message dated 1/22/2010 3:36:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> ogden at us.ibm.com writes:
>
>
> One  consideration is your tower type.  I have a crank-down, fold-over
> tower
> with a SteppIR on it.  I have had no serious problems with the  antenna
> (after about 3 years), but I have needed to rewrap the tape  coverings on
> the element transitions, etc.  Since I can lower it to  almost ground 
> level
> (and work from a small step ladder), this is not a big  deal.  If I did 
> not
> have a crank-down, fold-over tower, I might be a  little less happy with 
> the
> SteppIR. No problems with the motors or  controller.  Unless you are 
> almost
> constantly changing bands, the time  to change bands is not significant. 
> I
> have the 30/40 meter "trombone  element". Going from 20m to 40m does take
> long enough that I notice it, but  it is not an inhibitor.
>
> Bill -  W2WO
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