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

[Roger (K8RI)]

>I use the sealing shrink tube and the removal process involves a good set 
>of cable cutters. I whack it off at the shrink tube ends and install new 
>connectors. The time involved to remove all the sealing goo would be far in 
>excess of what it takes to put on two new connectors.

This makes me ask, Why remove the goo?  Little will stay on the coax jacket 
and what does stay on the connectors doesn't hurt the reusability. On 
occasion it leaves the connectors looking a bit scruffy, but more often than 
not, most comes right off.

IF shiny connectors are the criteria, just carefully rub a bit of "pledge" 
or car wax on the connectors before applying the heat shrink with the 
flooding compound. Just don't get the wax on the coax jacket, or more than a 
film on the connectors. A tiny amount of DC-4 (flooding compound) will keep 
virtually anything from sticking. Be careful not to get the wax or DC-4 on 
your hands and then touch the coax jacket where you plan on sealing it.

73

Roger (K8RI)

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> Clint - W5CPT
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: John Ammeter
>  To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
>  Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 10:39 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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