On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:50:54 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

I've often wondered how someone "wets" a vertical feedline
without using soap.

Cecil,

Just drop by my qth anytime between November and May.

Danny, K6MHE

Danny Richardson wrote:
Just drop by my qth anytime between November and May.

How do you keep the water on the feedline? Mine
always beads up and falls to the ground.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:48:16 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Danny Richardson wrote:
Just drop by my qth anytime between November and May.

How do you keep the water on the feedline? Mine
always beads up and falls to the ground.

I don't do anything. Ever heard of Oregon mist?

When I first moved up here on the northern California coast I put up a
doublet feeding it with window line. The next spring when I dropped
the antenna for some maintenance I found moss growing on the feed
line.Need I say it was replaced with something better?

Danny

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:24:59 -0700, Danny Richardson
wrote:

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:48:16 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Danny Richardson wrote:
Just drop by my qth anytime between November and May.

How do you keep the water on the feedline? Mine
always beads up and falls to the ground.

Here's a photo of a piece of Danny's line (Wireman 552), after it set
around in the Arizona 5% humidity for a while It was still green when
I got it.

http://www.k6mhe.com/n7ws/MossyLine.jpg

What do you suppose the dielectic properties are when that stuff
totally bridges the line and is wet?



I don't do anything. Ever heard of Oregon mist?

When I first moved up here on the northern California coast I put up a
doublet feeding it with window line. The next spring when I dropped
the antenna for some maintenance I found moss growing on the feed
line.Need I say it was replaced with something better?

Wes Stewart wrote:
Here's a photo of a piece of Danny's line (Wireman 552), after it set
around in the Arizona 5% humidity for a while It was still green when
I got it.

http://www.k6mhe.com/n7ws/MossyLine.jpg

That's pretty amazing. East Texas is relatively damp
and green but I've never had moss growing on my ladder-
line. Here, the rain comes and goes and doesn't last very
long.

What do you suppose the dielectic properties are when that stuff
totally bridges the line and is wet?

Sounds like a useful project for someone. The only thing on
my ladder-line at the moment is a green six-inch long lizard
looking at me through the window pane.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore wrote:
Wes Stewart wrote:

Here's a photo of a piece of Danny's line (Wireman 552), after it set
around in the Arizona 5% humidity for a while It was still green when
I got it.

http://www.k6mhe.com/n7ws/MossyLine.jpg


That's pretty amazing. East Texas is relatively damp
and green but I've never had moss growing on my ladder-
line. Here, the rain comes and goes and doesn't last very
long.

What do you suppose the dielectic properties are when that stuff
totally bridges the line and is wet?


Sounds like a useful project for someone. The only thing on
my ladder-line at the moment is a green six-inch long lizard
looking at me through the window pane.

You sure that ain't just a reflection?
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Tom Donaly wrote:
You sure that ain't just a reflection?

:-0 Nope, it's one of these critters called an Anole.
Locals call them chameleons because they can change
their colors from green to brown.

http://www.kingsnake.com/hudspeth/AnoleClose1.jpg
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Wes Stewart wrote:
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:24:59 -0700, Danny Richardson
wrote:


On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:48:16 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:


Danny Richardson wrote:

Just drop by my qth anytime between November and May.

How do you keep the water on the feedline? Mine
always beads up and falls to the ground.


Here's a photo of a piece of Danny's line (Wireman 552), after it set
around in the Arizona 5% humidity for a while It was still green when
I got it.

http://www.k6mhe.com/n7ws/MossyLine.jpg

What do you suppose the dielectic properties are when that stuff
totally bridges the line and is wet?

Seems as if some of us are taking special circumstances and applying
them to all cases. I have the same type of line, and after several
years, it's still glossy, and the water beads up on it.

So should I quit using it because he has problems, or should he keep
using it because I don't? ;^)

- 73 de mike KB3EIA -

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:18:25 -0400, Mike Coslo
wrote:

Wes Stewart wrote:
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:24:59 -0700, Danny Richardson
wrote:


On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:48:16 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:


Danny Richardson wrote:

Just drop by my qth anytime between November and May.

How do you keep the water on the feedline? Mine
always beads up and falls to the ground.


Here's a photo of a piece of Danny's line (Wireman 552), after it set
around in the Arizona 5% humidity for a while It was still green when
I got it.

http://www.k6mhe.com/n7ws/MossyLine.jpg

What do you suppose the dielectic properties are when that stuff
totally bridges the line and is wet?

Seems as if some of us are taking special circumstances and applying
them to all cases. I have the same type of line, and after several
years, it's still glossy, and the water beads up on it.


The questioner asked how to keep the water on the line. An answer was
provided. No mention was made that this was a universal problem.

I return you to your regularly scheduled catfight.

I will return to the woodwork.

Wes Stewart wrote:
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:18:25 -0400, Mike Coslo
wrote:


Wes Stewart wrote:

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:24:59 -0700, Danny Richardson
wrote:



On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:48:16 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:



Danny Richardson wrote:


Just drop by my qth anytime between November and May.

How do you keep the water on the feedline? Mine
always beads up and falls to the ground.


Here's a photo of a piece of Danny's line (Wireman 552), after it set
around in the Arizona 5% humidity for a while It was still green when
I got it.

http://www.k6mhe.com/n7ws/MossyLine.jpg

What do you suppose the dielectic properties are when that stuff
totally bridges the line and is wet?

Seems as if some of us are taking special circumstances and applying
them to all cases. I have the same type of line, and after several
years, it's still glossy, and the water beads up on it.



The questioner asked how to keep the water on the line. An answer was
provided. No mention was made that this was a universal problem.


I return you to your regularly scheduled catfight.

Not trying to insult anyone here, Wes. Just trying to figure out what
is going on.

And after a little discourse, we find out that Daniel sprayed silicon
spray of some sort on the line. That starts to make some sense of why he
had a problem with the line.

I'd wager his mold, moss, or mildew problem has more to do with his
unapproved use of chemistry on the line.

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -