[VHFcontesting] water damage

[John D'Ausilio]

Thanks to everyone on both lists for all the fine suggestions ..

Luckily the water was virtually silt and dirt free, and the boxes and
paper wrapping everything evidently filtered even more. I've got
everything out of the cabinets and arrayed among the fans and
dehumidifiers. Unfortunately, the only oven I have access to doesn't
go below 170F.

One of the biggest losses was the documentation .. I had all my docs
together in one box, and didn't find them till late today - big mass
of soggy paper by then.

de w1rt/john


On 10/13/07, John D'Ausilio <jdausilio at gmail.com> wrote:
> We experienced a flood Thursday night here in southwestern CT ..
> almost 3 feet of water in the basement by the time it stopped rising.
> Unfortunately, just about all of my electronics stuff ended up
> submerged.
>
> I'm assuming I'm going to end up tossing much stuff into the dumpster.
> All of the nice heliax jumpers and other cable assemblies, most of my
> junkbox, computers, test equipment. I'm curious as to whether others
> on the list have had the flooding experience, and what they found they
> were able to rehabilitate. I really don't want to toss the General
> Microwave power meter ..
>
> de w1rt/john
>