[TowerTalk] Noalox versus penetrox ??

[K7LXC at aol.com]

>  Yesterday, I purchased Noalox at the locl Home Depot. In  the past, I 
have used Penetrox when assembling HF beams and Penetrox worked  great. Has 
anyone used Noalox to assemble aluminum tubing on HF  beams.
 
    Antioxidants are like toothpastes - lots of  varieties and they all do 
basically the same thing, just different recipes. 
 
    An antioxidant is a bunch of very small particles  of a conductive 
metal held in suspension in a vehicle material. When the  connection is 
tightened, the particles pierce the conductor(s) and the vehicle  keeps oxygen out - 
thus it's an antioxidant. 
 
    BTW there's a great chapter in my UP THE TOWER  book that's got lots of 
info on a bunch of them. Available from  championradio.com.
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH
and
Champion Radio Products