> On Jan 18, 2019, at 6:08 PM, Al Lorona <alor...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Thing 1 is that, clearly, water really messes up window line's loss. However, > I'm guessing that a/ in a place like southern California, where perpetual > drought is the new normal; ...
Clean water isn’t a problem. Dirty water is a big problem. When I first moved to the SF Bay area in the early 1980s, I was surprised by the number of power outages, compared to where I grew up in Louisiana with heavy weather. The first light rain would be accompanied by outages. With six or more rainless summer months, dust and grit would accumulate on the power line insulators. The first light rain would create conductive mud and trip breakers. So perpetual drought is just a way to build up more dust on the line. I think we take coaxial cable for granted. It was a brilliant invention and a real gift to people who love radio. Maybe I’ll start celebrating December 8th as Coaxial Cable Day. https://www.wired.com/2009/12/1208coaxial-cable-patent/ wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
