[TowerTalk] FLooded shrink tubing?? Can you remove it??

[Tim Heger]

Removal is easy.  Just use a utility knife to put a slit in it lengthwise, 
being careful not to cut deep enough to damage the cable.  Then heat it a 
little (I use a propane torch), and it will peel right off.

73, Tim N3XX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ammeter" <jammeter at cablespeed.com>
To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:39 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] FLooded shrink tubing?? Can you remove it??


>I saw that Roger, K8RI, used heat shrink tubing with "sticky goo" inside
> for his coax connections.  I've got a supply of that from my days at the
> local utility.  We used it for PERMANENT underground splices.
>
> Has anyone (Roger??) had experience removing that heat shrink from a
> connection?  I'm about to put up a tower with three antennas on it and
> was planning on using "coax-seal" but that heat shrink would be better
> but I've never had to remove it before.
>
> John KE7JGB
>
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