Something else to beware of is plastic at the connectors. I got a
dipole some time back that had each side of the dipole and the connector
attached to a piece of plastic. In about two years the plastic had
cracked, and broken losing one half the dipole. I continued to RECEIVE
ONLY on the half that was left. Now the whole thing is down! I suppose
I'll have to put up another antenna of my own some time in the future.

So how long does it take to change an insulator? Is this a multi day task?

jw
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