[TowerTalk] Balun for Force 12 6 Element 20 Meter

[John Simmons]

Balun Designs recommends and sometimes puts weep holes on the bottom of 
their balun boxes. I had some cable junctions in an 8" 'waterproof' 
electric PVC box. I traced a failure of the connections in the box- IT 
WAS FULL OF WATER!!!. Drilled weep holes in the bottom after that.

-de John NI0K

Steve Maki wrote on 7/21/2020 6:47 PM:
> On 07/21/20 19:31 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
>
>> My strategy is no coax connectors out on a boom.  Feedpoint ferrite 
>> chokes are in a PVC junction box with coax in thru a watertight gland 
>> and two glands out for short #10 leads to the feedpoint. So no 
>> exposed solder or connectors or nuts on plastic to loosen.
>
> Not a bad idea, it's how we construct stack switches here. It's way 
> easier to weatherproof an in-line splice than a panel jack.
>
>> I've never figured out how to really make an S0239 watertight.  It 
>> rains a bit here in Seattle.
>
> I leave a way for a little moisture to leave the box. My box cover 
> faces down. I leave the cover gasket off, and I don't tighten the 
> cover excessively.
>
> -Steve K8LX
>
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