[TowerTalk] Balun for Force 12 6 Element 20 Meter

[N4ZR]

That reminds me, the Myantenna line isolator I just installed had a tiny 
weep hole on one end.  It would have been awfully easy to install upside 
down.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 7/21/2020 8:01 PM, John Simmons wrote:
> 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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