In a message dated 6/17/2007 9:02:14 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> Anyone have any advice on using Penetrox on PL-259 connectors?
Umm, I'd say don't use it. Penetrox, and the other antioxidants, are for
electrical wiring using copper or aluminum, not PL-259 nickel or silver. In
fact if you use silver connectors, silver oxide is a conductor so that won't
hurt you.
Antioxidants like these use tiny particles suspended in a non-conductive
vehicle material that penetrate the thin oxidized layer when put under
compression. If you try to find continuity in a glob of Penetrox, etc. with an
ohmmeter, you won't.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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