Jon,
Thanks for sharing the info on the 2228. It looks like great stuff. This
thread is very timely for me I will be installing new coax feedlines.
I will order some of the 2228 and see how it goes.
I also have tried Scotchkote and it failed for me too.
73,
Bob
K6UJ
> On Apr 24, 2019, at 6:14 AM, Jon Pearl - W4ABC <jonpearl@tampabay.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Keith,
>
> I've used 2228 all by its lonesome and it's pretty impressive. Tape, 2228,
> then tape again might be the ticket for an even longer, long term solution:
>
> http://www.w4abc.com/Scotch2228.html
>
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> Jon Pearl - W4ABC
>
>
> On 4/2/2019 9:46 PM, Keith Dutson wrote:
>> I have heard the best is 3M Scotchkote. However, I recently inspected a
>> coax connection on the outdoor 2 meter cable running from repeater to
>> antenna (on top of 500 foot building). It had been slathered with
>> Scotchkote after sealing with two wraps of 88, one wrap of 2228 fusion tape
>> and two final wraps of 88. It appears the Scotchkote was useless in the
>> harsh outdoor environment at 500 feet. It was dry and balled up, exposing
>> the 88 underneath. This connection was inspected because of high SWR at the
>> duplexer bottles. The problem was discovered to be the N barrel connecting
>> two runs of LDF50A. The first wrap of 88 with sticky side out made the
>> removal a snap.
>>
>> 73 Keith NM5G
>>
>>
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