I actually sold some SWR Spray to a Charlie Baker operator once. Back in
the Dot Matrix Printer days. The printed label was quite convincing. This
was a half can as a gift. The guy came back wanting to purchase a Full Can.
This was actually Hair Spray relabeled... hi hi ........ I am now going to
try the Antenna Wax thingy on a friend ..... Thanks for the cool idea...!!
KJ4WS
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 9:31 AM, k6jek <k6jek@comcast.net> wrote:
> Antenna Wax. It's a classic joke out here if not a very good one. Polished
> the antenna today with antenna wax. Maybe it wasn't a joke.
>
> Jon
>
> On Aug 1, 2013, at 6:39 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure if you asked me or the group.
> > I have no clue, and I guess there are several types.
> >
> > One thing I know for sure: NOBODY coats their feedline with a wetting
> agent
> > before it rains.
> >
> >
> > Another thing I know for sure: how much difference 6dB makes in a
> contest.
> > It's like running barefoot or with a linear.
> >
> > Running a linear means I work 90% of all the stations I call with just 1
> or
> > 2 calls.
> > Running barefoot means I get about 30% with just one call.
> >
> > So in a contest, 6dB means a lot more than 6dB measured in a lab.
> > I guess it is due to the competition.
> > On an un-crowded band, it would mean 1 S-Unit but in a contest it means a
> > lot.
> >
> > My point: I have run openwire (window line) countless times in contests
> > where it rained and if I had been losing 6dB all the time, I would have
> > noticed it in my score. I did not. I only noticed that I had to retune
> the
> > matchbox.
> >
> > I always use manually tuned matchboxes. If you have an auto-tuner, then
> it
> > really doesn't matter much.
> >
> > 73
> > Rick, DJ0IP
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carter
> >
> > Is the "wetting agent" conductive -- or at least more conductive than
> rain
> > water?
> >
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