After all the talk about using products such as penetrox, no-alox and other oxidation preventers/conduction improvers, I am wondering if it would be a good idea to put some on my pl-259's, both the c
Bill, you should be fine with the applications you mention and no penetrox, etc. Just be sure you wrap all this up a good 2" or so onto the cable and if at all possible to the mating connector and/or
Bill, I would worry about the conductive goop forming a thin film across the insulation between the shell and center conductor, leading to arcover. I've never had any trouble with good quality UHF co
Bill: I was going to answer this privately, but I thought I had better share this with the entire reflector. I have used penetrox in the past to help seal barrel connectors and have had them arc over
Hi Pete, et al.. Think of Penetrox, Noalox, etc like heat sink compound. Just a teeny, teeny bit spread all around (metal parts only, like threads of PL 259's and the center pin....)is all you need f
There is a product on the market called "STUFF", that displaces moisture in connectors, that we use in "F" style connectors when satellite systems are installed. It has minimized the connector proble
"Stuff works fine with legal power. It comes in a tube and it gets squited into the female connector. When the connector is full, it can't absorb any water. George W2VJN -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.con
Typical anti-oxidant products are for copper and aluminum, not nickel or whatever else your connector is made out of. Also, the anti-oxidants are for connections under compression, like an element wi
These (attached message below) are pretty good application instructions for connector anti corrosion grease. But I would NOT consider using any grease in an RF connector that is intended for any of t
It has been a number of years now, but a buddy of mine worked for a 2-way company. He (they) would completely fill all connectors with silicon grease. Not just a little dab here or there, but really
I think what you are referring to is ProGold or DeoxIT made by Caig Lab's. The stuff deoxididizes and cleans surface contamination, penetrates the metal surfaces and molecularly bonds to the base met
writes: be a the nickel or for Most compounds are designed to work under a LOT of compression, not just a tiny bit. Thicker greases simply won't move out of the way easily, and you could compromise