Danny Richardson wrote:
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:58:12 -0400, Mike Coslo
wrote:


Aha! I was troubled with how you got mold or moss or anything to stick
to PE. I believe you are correct in your suspicions. One of PE's main
draws is it's inertness, and it is a real bear trying to get anything to
adhere to it. There is some possibility that the spray may have
contributed to what appears to be pitting on the line.

Certainly something troubles me with the idea that we can test
something under conditions where we apply chemistry to alter a
fundamental property of the material. (I'm referring to the wetting
agent tests) I believe that the tests do show adequately how ladder line
performs when covered with wetting agent and water. And that we don't
want to do that! ;^)

- 73 de mike KB3EIA -


Well Mike, along my experience with ladder line there is also Roy's
and Wes's measurements. Based upon that, for me, I'm off the stuff.

No problem Danny, although I'm not going to accept argument upon
authority. I give some extra weight to Roy and Wes's arguments, but
won't accept the arguments just because they say it's so. Should I?

My present open line setup is appears to be working fine. No
detectable moss, mildew or anything else that I can detect.

And I'll bet you didn't put anything on it?


One can go on forever trying to justify one way or the other, but thus
far, wet ladder or ribbon line has shown not to be the best route to
go - from three different sources. If you have something to the
contrary I certainly would be interested in hearing about it.

You coated your line with something it shouldn't have had on it. The
other line was coated with wetting agent, which some of us might think
was an artificial substance to be coating it with.

We can draw lessons from all this.


To each his own.

Indeed!

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -