[TowerTalk] weatherproofing connectors visited.

[Tom Osborne]

One thing that has always worked for me is Vaseline.  A friend who worked
for the telephone company said they used it to cover exposed connections.

I tried some on some antennas and found that after a couple of years, I
just wiped it off with a rag and the connections underneath were as clean
as the day I put the antenna up.  A lot easier to clean than glue and
tape.

I had one beam with a PL-259 connection and it was also nice and clean when
I wiped it off.  73
Tom W7WHY


On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT <
K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net> wrote:

> One of the favorites (although I don't know by what percent) was wrapping
> the first layer with the sticky side out. It does leave the connectors nice
> and clean. OTOH there was a complaint about the hot melt glue from flooded
> heat shrink not adhering.  IOW, to diametrically opposed approaches.
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