[TenTec] parts not SS

[Charles Harpole]

Yep, many brands of hose clamps have a plated

screw which fails before the SS part, of course.

Weird construction.  I goop such clamp screws

with black sillycone sealer all around... do not leave

voids which will fill with water.

The raw fiberglass rods that insulate parts on some

Cushcraft will start to "hair off" without the same

sillycone treatment.  Electrical tape, so often the

ham's "friend" is just not ....  it shrinks and curls,

withdraws the end leaving a flag, or cracks.

Seal coax fittings with one wrap of electrical tape, NOT

pulled so tight, followed by a wrap of CoaxSeal, followed

by a loose wrap of electrical tape.  The inner tape allows fast

and clean removal of the CoaxSeal, the CoaxSeal keeps the

water out, and the outer wrap protects the CoaxSeal from

being scraped off by accidental movement of the cable.

Do not use sillycone sealer directly on coax plugs because

the evaporation of the stuff often evaporates INSIDE itself,

making a nice acidic splash on ur plug.  73,
 

Charles Harpole
k4vud at hotmail.com   







> From: Dave at k6wrf.com
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:35:41 -0700
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: cleaners, etc
> 
> I've noticed that the clamp is SS all except the screw.
> My 2 cents.
>                        Dave K6WRF
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "CSM(r) Gary Huber" <glhuber at msn.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: cleaners, etc
> 
> 
> > Lowes has been my source of SS hose clamps recently when I've had to 
> > repair
> > ice storm damage on my Butternut HV-2.... also Deer damage and John Deere
> > lawn tractor damage.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Jack B. Friend" <jfriend31 at comcast.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:05 PM
> > To: <geraldj at storm.weather.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
> > <tentec at contesting.com>
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: cleaners, etc
> >
> >> one can find real and complete stainless steel hose clamps at auto parts
> >> houses, sometimes at Home Depot and Lowe's too.
> >>
> >> jack
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 00:35 -0600, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 10:47 -0500, CSM(r) Gary Huber wrote:
> >>> > Stainless steel hose clamps for compression of joints and splices.
> >>> >
> >>> > 73 es DX,
> >>> >
> >>> > Gary - AB9M
> >>> >
> >>> But not the ones with plated steel parts. They rust too much. 100%
> >>> stainless steel hose clamps do exist. McMaster-Carr and Heartland Agri-
> >>> Supply are two sources that I know of.
> >>>
> >>> Gerald J.
> >>>
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