[Amps] DE-OX-IT

[Mike McCarthy, W1NR]

Jim Carr wrote:
> can you burnish gold contacts? 40 years ago at Motorola we used a special 
> burnishing blade that fit in an exacto knife handle. But they were 
> bifurcated contacts.
> Jim
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>
> To: <Amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] DE-OX-IT
>
>   
Only if the defect is very thin. Most of the time I have found that gold
plated contacts generally get melted away which is why solid silver is
recommended. And silver oxide will still conduct RF.

Mike, W1NR