[TowerTalk] How close to salt water is close enough?

[Steve Maki]

On 5/18/2013 11:51 AM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

>>     Products like coax seal are worth using liberally  wherever it can be
> applied if needed.

>      Just make sure you never have to take it off. It's  the WORST stuff in
> the world to get off of anything. You put in on a connector -  you have to
> throw the connector away.
>
>      Much better butyl rubber for this is just about  anything else; e.g. db
> Products vapor wrap, the plumbing stuff you buy at the  hardware store.
> etc.
>
>      If you put a layer of electrical tape down first  and then put the Coax
> Seal over it, you can actually get the CS off. Otherwise  use it at your
> own risk. Your mileage won't vary.

OK, here's my secret, which I swore (to myself) to never reveal but it's 
now become necessary for unknown (to me) reasons:

This is the critical step: for the "courtesy wrap", use silicone tape.

Add on top any damn thing you wish - vinyl tape, butyl rubber and then 
vinyl, just about anything that will keep the UV off the silicone for 
the amount of time that you want the weatherproofing to last.

It's just plain magic. Slit the weatherproofing with a razor knife 15 
years later, it just pops off revealing a shiny connector.

-Steve K8LX