ridgescan
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Signals have been ever getting lousier over a long period of time on my Wellbrook. I've been so enthralled with my wire antenna lately and also for the last few years I've been leaving the Wellbrook alone. So today it really started to show signal degradation especially in MW. Upon dismounting it and inspecting everything, it looks like birds got to the silicone sealer I applied to the +/- studs on the aluminum loop. This caused crappy connections on both and also the screws weren't at all tight anymore. So I re-did and re-sealed those and then I unwrapped the weatherproofing from the connector and found something interesting; this blue stuff went from the center conductor, right across the dielectric to the braid. So I re-did a new connector there. This loop is active so I wonder if some sort of what...electrolysis type thing occurred to cause that blue stuff.
Anyway, the Wellbrook is working like it did when new. Happy about that.
So my advice here is, don't let that active loop outdoor antenna go too long without checking this stuff. My Wellbrook is up there for years getting beat-up on one way or another. It's up 50' so it gets the maximum weather, wind. ocean salt...and birds!
Anyway, the Wellbrook is working like it did when new. Happy about that.
So my advice here is, don't let that active loop outdoor antenna go too long without checking this stuff. My Wellbrook is up there for years getting beat-up on one way or another. It's up 50' so it gets the maximum weather, wind. ocean salt...and birds!