[TowerTalk] Florida Ham fights UV - uses tape???????????

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/24/00 6:52:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
wa3gin@erols.com writes:

> Use a coating of Plastic DIP -- Heavy Duty Flexible Rubber
>  Coating...won't crack, chip or peel.  Last for years, stops rust and
>  corrosion, insulates, cushions and protects against UV and moisture.
>  
>  I've used it on fiberglass insulators that otherwise would feather in
>  the summer sun and then fill with moisture in the winter and fracture.
>  It's cured the problem completely...perfect for sealing those Cushcraft
>  zinc screws the rust underneath the trap end-caps. Also great for
>  coating solder connections on dipoles, etc.

    Yessireebob. Also known as Liquid Electrical Tape. It's advertised as UV 
resistant. 

    This is a better coating over electrical joints like coax connectors than 
ScotchKote which, as mentioned recently, is NOT UV resistant: it was designed 
for buried connections.

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
Tower Tech 

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