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[TowerTalk] Rotator Problem - follow up

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotator Problem - follow up
From: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L Martin)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 18:02:59 -0600

>     Commercial vapor wrap (i.e. db Products, Antenna Specialists, Andrew,
> etc.) does not adhere permanently to the connector - it'll peel off - but
> since most hams use CoaxSeal, you have to be more careful with it.
>
>     Be sure to put more tape over the vapor wrap and what you get is a
> bombproof joint.
>

I'm not sure what vapor wrap is, Steve, but I put a layer or two of tape on
a joint, then paint it with liquid tape.  I'm sure it will be a pain to
remove (it's not over a connector), but it sure seems intact after over a
year on the tower.

Any comments, thoughts, etc., about liquid tape?


73,
dale, kg5u


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