K7IM, who lives on the waterfront at Bainbridge Island, WA. has had a
3-element SteppIR up for over a year with no problems due to saltwater.
He will be adding a SteppIR vertical soon.
Bob, N7XY
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 08:17:24AM -0500, Jon, W4ZW wrote:
>
> Ping Golf made a wonderful set of irons from BeCu a few years ago.
>
> >From what I was told, they were forced to stop production for two
> reasons. One, the BeCu dust was toxic and the gas released during the
> amalgamation of the metals was harmful to the ozone layer.
>
> These clubs today sell for more than the original price.
>
> I'm oceanfront and will have my SteppIr up in January. They called last
> week to schedule shipping, but since we're gone for the holidays, I
> rescheduled it forward into January. Being oceanfront, this saltwater
> environment will be a good test since I have to change out or refurbish
> the yagis every two years or so. Rotors last about the same.
>
>
> Jon Hamlet, W4ZW
> Casey Key Island, FL
>
> "A little bit of Paradise in the Gulf of Mexico"
>
>
>
>
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Bob Nielsen, N7XY n7xy@n7xy.net
Bainbridge Island, WA
IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S
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