[VHFcontesting] September report -- K9ILT & K0PG long

[Zack Widup]

I had trouble with the colored tape coming loose and falling off,
especially in hot weather when the adhesive gets very soft. That's why I
went to the heat-shrink tubing.  I tried clear heat shrink around the
colored tape, but then thought "why not just use colored heat-shrink?"

It does tend to be a problem if you've already put on the connnectors!  :)

73, Zack W9SZ

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Donald Huntington wrote:

> 
> Another thing that works is colored plastic tape, especially if the connewctor is already
> on the cable. The tape is available in 5 packs of five different colors.  73  Don K1DH (6m
> op W2SZ/1)
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Zack Widup
> To: ADUHAWK at aol.com
> CC: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] September report -- K9ILT & K0PG long
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:34:08 -0500 (CDT)
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 ADUHAWK at aol.com wrote:
> > We got the station assembled and into the car Thursday evening, so all that
> > was left for Friday was to mount the antennas. That took about three hours,
> > with the threat of rain always there. The only potential problem was that in my
> > haste, I wasn't sure which Superflex feedline went to the 903 xvrtr and which
> > one went to the 432 rig. Wonder of wonders I guessed right. With the rain
> > closing in I jumped into the car, and whistled up a signal on 432. The right
> > number of black dots lit up on the display and we were off!
> >
> My tip of the day: I color-code the ends of all my pieces of coax to the
> antennas with heat-shrink tubing, which I've found in at least 8 colors.
> It really helps as long as I can remember which color went to which
> antenna. :)
> 73, Zack W9SZ