Howard et al:

It's common knowledge that moisture of any kind is tough on
electronics. This is even more true in today's digital realm than it
was in the good old days of tubes.  With chips, the operating
voltages are lower, and the difference between 4.5 and 5 volts may
make the difference between a circuit that works and one that
fails.  We're so accustomed to having electronics that work almost
perfectly with nearly 100% reliability that it's easy to forget some
of the things that can cause failures.

Steve

On Saturday 10/29/05 13:37 Louis Kim Kline wrote:
>Hi Howard.
>
>They made a big deal about it in the manual for the TS2000S.  I am in New
>York, so I think my climate is very similar to yours, and I have a lot of
>summertime dampness in the basement.  I have a dehumidifier that I have
>right in the ham shack that I run full time.  The amount of water that it
>wrings out of the air is amazing!  It's not much of an issue this time of
>year because the furnace dries the air out.  I have a natural gas forced
>air system, with three heat vents in the basement, so I have the luxury of
>a heated hamshack in the wintertime, and I never have to worry about pipes
>freezing.
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>At 02:54 AM 10/29/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >Thanks, didn't see that in a manual.  I have central air, but don't
> >run it all of the time.  We are in Wisconsin, so it's unnecessary on
> >lots of summer days.  I do have a de-humidifyer here.
> >Where do those people think most hams have their radios?
>
>Louis Kim Kline
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