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Re: [TowerTalk] Caps

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Caps
From: <john@kk9a.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 03:14:36 -0000
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Especially if the tubing is laying on the ground.  Do you have a tower?


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill 
  To: john@kk9a.com ; Tower and HF antenna construction topics. 
  Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 00:55
  Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Caps


  In Florida, all sorts of things build homes in open tubing...
  Bill Marx W2CQ



  On 1/31/2013 7:50 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:

Are bugs and spiders in elements a problem for you?  I am not an entomologist, 
but with the exception of wasps, most of the bugs and spiders that I see are 
closer to the ground.  I think that you are more likely to have them inside 
your PVC furnace exhaust which is not covered at all and would cause a serious 
malfunction if blocked.  Even if they were inside your tubing, I think that a 
spider would be less harmful to your antenna than an element full of water.

John KK9A
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jerry Gardner 
  To: john@kk9a.com 
  Cc: TOWERTALK@contesting.com 
  Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 22:47
  Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Caps (was: Hose Clamps)





  On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:35 PM, <john@kk9a.com> wrote:

    I do not put caps on any of my antenna elements or booms. I have never had
    an issue from using nothing and I don't have to worry about moisture
    accumulating.



  What about spiders and other assorted bugs? 

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