On 4/15/2011 12:14 AM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> Start calling you Carl! Oh! Was the my outside voice? :)
Hey, now...This is a family group.<LOL>
BTW my wife keeps telling me to "use my indoor voice", not the one for
public speaking...to which my normal answer is ..."What?"
73
Roger (K8RI)
>
>
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> From: "K8RI on TT" <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 9:12 PM
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 100, Issue 27, Sealed
> container needed for tuner
>
>> On 4/14/2011 11:56 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
>>> Drill and thread? Why not just drill and install the fitting with a
>>> lock
>>> nut? What am I missing here?
>>
>> What you are missing should be obvious and casts doubts on your ability
>> to perceive Jim <:-)) It was me suffering from the so-called "senior
>> moment" having only installed 30 or 40 of those in the past couple of
>> years.<sigh>
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (KI8RI)
>>
>>
>>> 73
>>> Jim W7RY
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "K8RI on TT"<k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 8:22 PM
>>> To:<towertalk@contesting.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 100, Issue 27, Sealed
>>> container needed for tuner
>>>
>>>> On 4/14/2011 8:00 PM, Terry G. Glagowski wrote:
>>>>> The TUPPERWARE containers lasted about 2 years at my QTH, then
>>>>> they got
>>>>> brittle
>>>>> and cracked apart... but for $9 was a good try!
>>>>> The grey plastic electrical boxes available at Lowes / Home Depot for
>>>>> about $25
>>>>> might be a good bet...
>>>>> They come with a rubber seal around the edges of a lid that screws on
>>>>> tight...
>>>>> BUT... you need to put an opening for the cables... suggest you
>>>>> simply
>>>>> cut a
>>>>> hole in the BOTTOM...
>>>> Drill a hole and thread it (NPT) for fit the cable connectors made for
>>>> the job. They come in different sizes that will fit most any cable
>>>> including Rg8, 58m CAT5, LMR 400 and 600, rotator cable, ... etc.
>>>> I use them for all cables not fitted to bulkhead connectors at the
>>>> tower
>>>> box.
>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps glue a PVC pipe section into the hole if you want more than
>>>>> that...
>>>>> Tightly sealed containers can lead to pressure differences with
>>>>> temperature and
>>>>> barometric changes, and a hole lets the water from condensation OUT!
>>>> The 3 and 4" conduit I use lets it breathe easily.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>>
>>>> Roger (K8RI)
>>>>
>>>>> Last summer, I replaced all the TUPPERWARE boxes that surrounded
>>>>> junction
>>>>> points
>>>>> at the base of towers, and installed these boxes around coax switches
>>>>> that were
>>>>> out in the weather for 5 years... If the tuner fits in it OK, you
>>>>> will
>>>>> probably
>>>>> have a good choice there...
>>>>>
>>>>> Terry / W1TR
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: towertalk-request@contesting.com
>>>>> [mailto:towertalk-request@contesting.com]
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 9:18 PM
>>>>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>>>>> Subject: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 100, Issue 27
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 4
>>>>> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:17:14 -0500
>>>>> From: chas<chasm@texas.net>
>>>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Sealed container needed for tuner
>>>>> To: towertalk<towertalk@contesting.com>
>>>>> Message-ID:<4DA63D0A.4050805@texas.net>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to mount an SGC-239 tuner on the tower below a vertical.
>>>>> but I
>>>>> need a UV
>>>>> proof, sealed, water tight container that I can put the tuner
>>>>> inside -
>>>>> and then
>>>>> put that tuner in a tupperware? into another container if it can be
>>>>> found. And all of this as cheap as possible.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think that NMEA cases are just too expensive but that might have
>>>>> to be
>>>>> the end
>>>>> choice.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> chas k5dam
>>>>>
>>>>> **
>>>>>
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