[TowerTalk] Liquid Electrical Tape?

[Jon Pearl - W4ABC]

Hi Keith,

I've used 2228 all by its lonesome and it's pretty impressive. Tape, 
2228, then tape again might be the ticket for an even longer, long term 
solution:

http://www.w4abc.com/Scotch2228.html




73,


Jon Pearl - W4ABC


On 4/2/2019 9:46 PM, Keith Dutson wrote:
> I have heard the best is 3M Scotchkote.  However, I recently inspected a
> coax connection on the outdoor 2 meter cable running from repeater to
> antenna (on top of 500 foot building).  It had been slathered with
> Scotchkote after sealing with two wraps of 88, one wrap of 2228 fusion tape
> and two final wraps of 88.  It appears the Scotchkote was useless in the
> harsh outdoor environment at 500 feet.  It was dry and balled up, exposing
> the 88 underneath.  This connection was inspected because of high SWR at the
> duplexer bottles.  The problem was discovered to be the N barrel connecting
> two runs of LDF50A.  The first wrap of 88 with sticky side out made the
> removal a snap.
>
> 73 Keith NM5G
>
>

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