Hi Don, The box was sealed and no sign of any moisture damage.
N2TK, Tony From: Don Kirk <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 8:37 AM To: N2TK, Tony <[email protected]> Cc: topband <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: Receive ant - binocular cores Hi Tony, Was the Binocular Core in an enclosure or out in the open? I could see ice being the cause of a shattered Binocular Core (water filling the holes and then turning to ice). Just a wild guess. Don (wd8dsb) On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 7:19 AM tony.kaz--- via Topband <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I use BN-73-202 cores for my receive antennas - Pennants, BOGs. Finally getting time to check out my receive antennas. One BOG was very low. The BOG transformer was broken. I mean it was totally destroyed. The largest piece was 1/8" long. The primary and secondary wires, #30 were intact and neither open or shorted. The wire looked pristine. Any ideas what could do that to a ferrite core? Any reason I should change anything other than just wire another transformer? N2TK, Tony _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
