[TowerTalk] Cleaning/referb of antennas

[n0tt1@juno.com]

> >  Some insulating material may be immune to silicone, but IMHO 
> don't
> >  use silicone IN a coax connector or any other connector, 
> especially
> >  the mica-filled Bakelite type.
> 
>   You don't make it clear, are you referring to silicone sealer
> or the silicone grease, that looks like Vaseline grease (petroleum
> jelly).

Silicone grease...the clear type used under transistors for heat
sinking.

Try using the grease in a "Jones" plug, leaving 12v DC power applied
continuously between adjacent pins (fuse the leads of course).   Then
wait about 6 months or so.  I don't guarantee that it will short, but
that is what I experienced.  BTW, the plugs in the mobile radio
installs were inside the vehicle and not exposed to water, salt, etc.

73,
Charlie, N0TT

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