I operate from the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. The water there is only moderately salty but corrosion is very rapid compared to my experience with inland QTHs. I was wondering if this would be a problem for my equipment. So far, no problem. I imagine anyone near the sea shores has this problem.
73, Tom KG3V Quoting "Fred (FL)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > RUSTY Florida area? > > I'm surprised to hear about corrosive salty-air > regions in Florida. Just never heard of it? > Our son lives on big island of Hawaii - near > Hilo. The salt water air type of corrosion, on > things like bicycles, etc. - is notorious in Hawaii. > Things there - not protected, don't last so long. > > Islands of Hawaii - are in the trade winds region > of the Pacific - and I guess get their daily dose > of salty air, naturally. I'm not sure this is > the case on either coast of Florida. I'm probably > wrong tho. The big island, above city of Hilo - > gets a daily dose of natural rain, like 2 pm > every afternoon. Perhaps the rain there, has > some salinity. > > For some reason I've not heard this about Florida. > > We live 8 miles from the Gulf Coast of mid-western > Florida. I can't say I see anything around our home, > or in my garage, etc. - that has any appearance > of salt corrosion. Cars look exceptional - easy > to keep clean. No visible corrosion on anything > we have? No rust on tools, etc. > > I wonder what the salinity is of the Florida > Atlantic ocean, vs the Hawaiian Pacific ocean > and the trade winds? > > Fred, > N3CSY > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
