Yep, many brands of hose clamps have a plated
screw which fails before the SS part, of course.
Weird construction. I goop such clamp screws
with black sillycone sealer all around... do not leave
voids which will fill with water.
The raw fiberglass rods that insulate parts on some
Cushcraft will start to "hair off" without the same
sillycone treatment. Electrical tape, so often the
ham's "friend" is just not .... it shrinks and curls,
withdraws the end leaving a flag, or cracks.
Seal coax fittings with one wrap of electrical tape, NOT
pulled so tight, followed by a wrap of CoaxSeal, followed
by a loose wrap of electrical tape. The inner tape allows fast
and clean removal of the CoaxSeal, the CoaxSeal keeps the
water out, and the outer wrap protects the CoaxSeal from
being scraped off by accidental movement of the cable.
Do not use sillycone sealer directly on coax plugs because
the evaporation of the stuff often evaporates INSIDE itself,
making a nice acidic splash on ur plug. 73,
Charles Harpole
k4vud@hotmail.com
> From: Dave@k6wrf.com
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:35:41 -0700
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: cleaners, etc
>
> I've noticed that the clamp is SS all except the screw.
> My 2 cents.
> Dave K6WRF
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CSM(r) Gary Huber" <glhuber@msn.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: cleaners, etc
>
>
> > Lowes has been my source of SS hose clamps recently when I've had to
> > repair
> > ice storm damage on my Butternut HV-2.... also Deer damage and John Deere
> > lawn tractor damage.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Jack B. Friend" <jfriend31@comcast.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:05 PM
> > To: <geraldj@storm.weather.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
> > <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: cleaners, etc
> >
> >> one can find real and complete stainless steel hose clamps at auto parts
> >> houses, sometimes at Home Depot and Lowe's too.
> >>
> >> jack
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 00:35 -0600, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 10:47 -0500, CSM(r) Gary Huber wrote:
> >>> > Stainless steel hose clamps for compression of joints and splices.
> >>> >
> >>> > 73 es DX,
> >>> >
> >>> > Gary - AB9M
> >>> >
> >>> But not the ones with plated steel parts. They rust too much. 100%
> >>> stainless steel hose clamps do exist. McMaster-Carr and Heartland Agri-
> >>> Supply are two sources that I know of.
> >>>
> >>> Gerald J.
> >>>
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