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Roy Lewallen wrote:

SNIP

If pressure is maintained and no air ever strikes the aluminum again,
The contact will remain sound.

Wouldn't the complete enclosure of the Al by the packing tape reduce, or
prevent, air contact. I'm not saying I did that good a job of wrapping
the foil, I was just concerned w/ protecting the foil from physical wear
& tear.

SNIP

That's what I mean by the difficulty of "maintaining good contact".
Your
system will work fine. For a while.


I was going to use the antenna just for portable ops, and I was hoping
it would last longer than "a while."

Oh well, back to the ... etc.

Thanks, Roy

73
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MGFoster:::mgf00 at earthlink decimal-point net
Oakland, CA (USA)
KI6OFN

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