[TowerTalk] Silicone on coax connector's ?

[jimlux]

Michael Tope wrote:
> I've been using Dow-Corning Silicone High-Vacuum grease on my connectors 
> for about 10 years with good results. Of course, I live in Southern 
> California where one could argue weather proofing connectors is an 
> unnecessary precaution :-)
> 
> In any case, here is where I first learned of the practice:
> 
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-12/msg00041.html
> 
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00477.html
> 
> 73, Mike W4EF.............
> 
> 

It probably reduces, if not eliminates, any corrosion at the joint. This 
is a big deal in the wireless industry where intermod between all the 
signals being carried on one piece of coax is a concern, so you really 
don't want any sort of semiconductor/junction forming.  And while the 
weather around here is pretty mild and non-corrosive, we do have big 
temperature swings, which will pump moisture into things.