At 11:02 PM 4/28/97 +0100, you wrote:
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>Hi Bill (and the other readers of this). I tried to get Penetrox ( a
>sensible sized tub ) some time ago. I did not get a very useful response
>to my enquiries unless you count the un-named outfit that tried to sell
>me a one-pound tub for $70. So where can I get Noalox from please?
Over here the local electrical supply houses carry tubes of it.
A hardware store/ building supply that has a lot of electrical supplies
will also carry the tubes, usually about $5.
>
>Incidentally, I've been watching all the corres on galvanized versus
>copper versus aluminum with interest. I always wonder why the paste
>supplied by KLM for instance appears to be copper granules in suspension
>- yet we are going to apply it to aluminum elements. The galvanic effect
>of copper on aluminum is usually disastrous. Yet Noalox (in Force 12
>antenna cartons) appears to be aluminium granules in suspension. I say
>"appears to be" for both - you will note !
>
>What's the expert view on this?
I'm no expert, but this stuff soon turns to an insulator. I won't use any more.
Wow - hve I just started another hare running?
>
>73
>
>Ron - GW3YDX "The mid-Wales little pistol"
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>>Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
>>Quote: "Not in a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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