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Steveo · November 3rd 06, 09:24 PM posted to rec.radio.cb

wrote:
On 01 Nov 2006 02:48:49 GMT, Steveo wrote:

+++jim wrote:
+++ james wrote:
+++ On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:51:14 -0500, jim
+++ wrote:
+++
+++
+++ +++Steveo wrote:
+++ +++
+++ +++ (I AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:
+++ +++
+++ +++From: (Steveo)
+++ +++
+++ +++I wish the PDL II was still being made.
+++ +++
+++ +++Have you considered stacked V-quads?
+++ +++
+++ +++
+++ +++ Not really. I think jo gunn is the route I'm going so far.
Anyone +++ disagree? +++Being a fan of the ants, the only thing i can
say about +++ them is its 10+ +++years in a salt air environment and
the only thing I +++ modified was the +++nuts/screws to stainless.
+++
+++ *************
+++
+++ I prefer chrome plated brass for marine and salt environment over
+++ stainless steel. With enough exposure and time, SS will rust.
Brass +++ never rusts.
+++
+++
+++ james
+++ Cheers James, but where am I missing something when you say
stainless +++ steel rusts? Wouldn't brass oxidize in a salt
environment? Besides what +++ I am reffering to is the nuts/bolts
holding the kit together. An +++ observant operator will inspect his
kit yearly and make adjustments +++ accordingly.
+++
+++Stainless is usually adequate for one antenna lifetime here in Ohio.
Dunno +++much about antenna hardware life down by the sharks and such.
************

Next to the coast here in Florida, I have seen SS start rusting in
less than a year. Also, I used to own a boat and after a year or two,
every piece of SS on the boat was replaced with chrome plated brass.

james

Dang, that seems fairly quick but I don't doubt it. Thankfully we only get
big snow here, no salt waters except what sprays up from the salted parking
lots and roads in the winter travels on your vehicle.

Isn't copper as soft as your dick after you're done ****ing tho? I can't
imagine it as a mounting hardware.