> Dennis OConnor wrote:
>> The green oxidation is from water intrusion, not from the jacket...
>> It causes no harm for use as a radial... Keep on transmitting...
>>
>> denny / k8do
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>
> Water and some chloride or carbonate salt, perhaps?
>
> Copper Oxide is either black or red (depending on which one), but those
> chlorides, sulfates, carbonates, etc tend to be blue or green.
>
It depends on what's up wind, the composition of the soil, and the
vegitation.
Around here, bare copper turns gray (mix of black and green) in a hurry
On the ground it just plain turns green.
Roger (K8RI)
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