No one's mentioned it yet, but the final, outside wrap should be upward, like
shingles, so water flows off and not into the tape layers. I believe I read
that on TowerTalk years back.
73 de Gene Smar AD3F
Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop
On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 11:36 PM, Jim W7RY<jimw7ry@gmail.com> wrote: And
there is usually lots of it at hamfests (especially Dayton) for
pretty cheep!
It works great as you describe John.
BUT, make sure your first wrap (we call it the courtesy wrap) is not
very long. Just enough to cover the connector, and your butyl wrap is
much longer, and your final tap is longer yet.
73, Jim W7RY
On 3/9/2024 9:59 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> I'm pretty certain that the pros use butyl mastic in-between layers of vinyl
> electric tape. It works well and comes apart reasonably easy. DX
> Engineering sells it, it also comes with Andrew grounding kits, etc.
> https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/tes-2212
>
> John KK9A
>
>
>
> Michael Murphy KI8R wrote:
>
> I always use this: https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/tes-2155
>
> Coax Seal is awful and will eventually dry out and almost impossible to
> remove.
>
> Mike - KI8R
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