"Vaughn" wrote in message ...
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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You should replace the antenna and coax. Although the old will probably
work, these components are prone to fail with age and live in a hostile
environment.

Okay, I can understand replacing the coax. But the antenna?

How hostile does an environment have to be before it hurts a solid piece
of
metal?

It is not so much the solid piece of metal as it is the CONNECTION to
the solid piece of metal. Water and corrosion always seem to make their way
into the base of the antenna and ruin the connection to the coax. I run a
radio shop and we throw away hundreds of stainless steel antennas every
year, because we have discovered that it is the best thing to do with them.
We replace the entire unit after about two years of use, hopefully before it
fails. Some archieolgist will probably dig them up at the dump thousands of
years from now and those bits of metal will still be bright and useful
looking.

Vaughn


Every TWO years ?????????? You must have alot of government contracts.
Those suckers will do crap like that and raise all of our taxes to
cover it...
Ben Haas N801BH.. The Hole.