celandine
Active member
How\'s your Nasa Navtex aerial?
I lightly brushed my arm against the plastic pod of my Nasa Navtex aerial at which point it snapped clean off. Not surprising when you look at its 2mm thick plastic bracket that has obviously gone brittle with exposure to the elements. I looked round the yard, and the first other one I found was lashed to the push-pit with tape, having snapped in the same place. You can imagine how much more mellow I felt about it on returning a few days later to find that it had also filled with rain water where it had hung upside down (factory fitted gland at base not tight) I had the earlier whip-type aerial a few years back, with the box on its base full of electronics. Had to junk that because, yes, you guessed it - it filled with rain water. I suppose you get what you pay for.
Mick
I lightly brushed my arm against the plastic pod of my Nasa Navtex aerial at which point it snapped clean off. Not surprising when you look at its 2mm thick plastic bracket that has obviously gone brittle with exposure to the elements. I looked round the yard, and the first other one I found was lashed to the push-pit with tape, having snapped in the same place. You can imagine how much more mellow I felt about it on returning a few days later to find that it had also filled with rain water where it had hung upside down (factory fitted gland at base not tight) I had the earlier whip-type aerial a few years back, with the box on its base full of electronics. Had to junk that because, yes, you guessed it - it filled with rain water. I suppose you get what you pay for.
Mick