On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 19:33:08 -0700 "Rod Brink" <rodbrink@montereybay.com>
writes:
> Am wondering about how to build the ideal outdoor box to house an
> antenna matching network. There will be a coax running into it and
> ladder-line running out of it. The important thing is to make it
weather and
> bug proof. And free from internal condensation. How is this typically
done?
Get a plastic, 5-gallon paint bucket. Mount the lid upside down on pegs,
and install your matching network on it. Run the coax and ladderline in
from the bottom. When finished, push the bucket down on the lid. Those
pain buckets have a rubber O-ring in the lid which seals it water tight.
73, de Joe AA4NN
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