Hi guys,
While getting things ready for the VHF contest this weekend I found some
serious water intrusion on one of four LMR-900 feedlines.
A run of LMR-900, that I thought was properly sealed up (3 other parallel
runs are fine) had high SWR due to water in the connector. As I dug deeper,
the was was coming from the LMR-900 itself. In fact, the water source was
the hollow center conductor of LMR-900. Pulling the center conductor pin
out several ounces of H2O dripped out from the 100' vertical run. I have
seen this in jumper bullets many time but admittedly I was somewhat
surprised to see this from the hose itself. There is no signs of water
coming up from the top. I assume it was condensed there by osmosis or
other. So, for all you sages, how do I increase my chanes to keep it out
when I put it all back together??
Thanks in advance.
73's Mike K9MK/5 EM12HW
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