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[TowerTalk] Drain on beam end caps

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Drain on beam end caps
From: perring@infocom.net (Bob Perring)
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 18:54:29 -0600
At 10:16 11/20/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Boy, I'll drink to that!  A couple of years ago several of us had
>occasion to visit a contest site in another land, known for its desert
>heat and lack of rain.  The Cushcraft 402CD up on the tower had the boom
>and both elements drooping by about 45 degrees.  When we popped off the
>end caps from the boom and elements, I'd guess about 5 gallons of water
>poured out.  
=====================================================>
I TOLD THOSE GUYS TO NOT PUT THOSE END CAPS ON THE ANTENNA.
I ALSO TOLD MY WIFE TO NOT WALK UP TO THE TOP OF THE VOLACANO IN
MONTSERRAT BACK IN MARCH OF '95.
N5RP
VP2MGP

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