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And this, kids, is why we rig our dipoles with black Dacron …

I guess the “UV Resistant!” nylon rope I used to rig my mini-G5RV wasn’t that resistant. Two summers of Scarborough sun did for it, turning the casing into friable dust. I knew that buying that big reel of black antenna rope last year was a good idea.

Published 02013-06-09
Categorised as amateur radio Tagged antenna, corrosion, radio, uv

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