NOALOX

[Robert E. Naumann]

Let me toss in some ex-professional comments here.  I'm no longer an 
electrician, but used to play one pretty seriously in a former career.

NOALOX does exactly what it's supposed to do, both in the electrical world 
and ham radio antennas.  That is: to impede corrosion of similar and 
dissimilar metals joining together to make an electrical connection.   In 
the electrical biz, this is primarily used for Aluminum cable.  It is 
commonly used on copper too - mostly in high current situations (100's to 
1,000's of AMPS).  These compounds do not relieve you of the responsibility 
of making a good physical connection.

It works.

That said, I've also used it on lot's of antennas at K2GL/N2AA and others. 
 It works well on antennas too.  I've used the others - Penetrox etc. but 
they are more difficult to apply and much more "messy".  Noalox is 
available at any electrical supply or Home Depot as others have indicated. 
 Noalox is more "liquidy" than the others and this physical difference c  
aused me some concern about it's use on antennas.  I'm concerned about it 
"washing" out.  To eliminate this as a concern, I always use a wrap of good 
quality electrical tape (we've been through that discussion here before 
haven't we ?) on each joint to prevent washing out of the Noalox.  This may 
not be necessary, but it makes me feel a whole lot better.  Also, as one 
example, after having my TH6 up in the air for several years, I took it 
apart and the noalox was still there and allowed easy disassembly of the 
antenna.

"It's a good thing".

Bob Naumann
N5NJ (ex KR2J)

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