[TowerTalk] Penetrox/Noalox vs. Anti-seize compound
Gavin J. Roberts
robertsmg at aol.com
Mon Aug 19 19:49:07 EDT 2013
Hello, all:
I spent a good part of this last weekend assembling a Mosley 4 element beam from new. Mosley supplies a small quantity of Penetrox with the antenna and encourages its liberal application during assembly. I exhausted the limited amount supplied and wanted to finish putting things together, so I headed for the local hardware store which carried an anti-seize compound called Permatex. As far as I know, this compound does not contain any particles to promote conductivity between the joints, but rather is more of a petroleum jelly based lubricant. Realizing this fact after finishing assembly, I ordered some additional Penetrox this morning from DX Engineering (they carry both Penetrox as well as Permatex). When I asked their technical support staff whether it would be wise to re-do the" Permatex-ed" joints with Penetrox before raising the beam, he seemed to feel that it would not be worth the trouble to substitute a more conductive material for the less conductive one. His reasoning was that enough bare aluminum-to-aluminum surface area would remain that the use of the Permatex was very unlikely to negatively effect antenna performance. Anyone have an opinion on this? Should I re-do the joints in question while the antenna is still on the ground? Or would this be a needless exercise at this point?
Thanks and 73 de
Gavin W9YE
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