[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 533

[Reicher, James]

Did you use a north-facing owl with it?

73 de W0HV, Jim in Raymore, MO 
 
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:54:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea at pacbell.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KLM 2M-14C...waterproof the polarity switch?
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org, David Wing <david at cdwing.com>
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I'd put a little plastic or Tupperware box over it.
The 70cm version that I have has only been used for Field Day, so it's not been outside much, but it definitely shows signs of having been damp.
73, Jim  KQ6EA

--- On Tue, 10/13/09, David Wing <david at cdwing.com> wrote:

 From: David Wing <david at cdwing.com>
 Subject: [amsat-bb]  KLM 2M-14C...waterproof the polarity switch?
 To: amsat-bb at AMSAT.Org
 Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 12:37 PM
 Anyone out there with KLM antennas
 with the polarity switch care to comment
 on whether you have put a housing on the switch to protect
 it from the
 elements?? It looks like the relay has silicon around
 the base but it just
 grates me the wrong way to have a circuit board with a
 power connection and
 components exposed to the elements.
 
 
 Maybe it has not been an issue but I'd care to hear of
 anyone experiences.
 If anyone has built up a housing and have pictures or
 directions, please
 pass them along
 
  
 
 73,
 
 David
 
 K6CDW