[TowerTalk] Follow up on Coaxial Seal Removal

[Grant Saviers]

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Grant KZ1W


On 10/15/2020 16:49, Ron Gorski wrote:
> It's a good idea to get in the habit of using two pair of gas pliers to cinch the connectors tight once the locking nubs are seated properly.
> Ron N9AU
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> Thanks Chuck
> 
> Had not seen that one ..interesting will do some more research
> 
> The other lesson I have learned recently is to take great care that with  the little locking bumps inside the PL259 males that one must take some care in making sure they fit into the matching V's of the female connector. They with get on the top of the V rather than down in the V and you think they are tight and then two months of temperature cycling you have an intermittent. PL259 L, T and Barrels are more prone to not seat properly than the standard PL259 on the end of a coax. I had one of these get so hot when running full legal limit on 6M that it would get hot enough to burn you !!
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> 
> Dave
> NR1DX
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> 
> On 10/15/2020 12:39 PM, Chuck Gooden wrote:
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> When you wrap the connectors again, do not use COAX Seal
>>
>> Have you seen this video?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHiHCw0lsY
>>
>> I used a procedure similar to this when I was in the Navy on the HF
>> and UHF coax connectors.  I used a couple of tie wraps to hold the end
>> of the tape down.  The Scotch 2228 is not sticky but it sticks to
>> itself.  You need to stretch it some as you wrap in around the
>> connector and cable.  It comes off easy by taking a razor blade and
>> slicing it and peeling it off.
>>
>> Chuck K9LC
>>
>>
>> On 10/15/2020 7:27 AM, Artek Manuals wrote:
>>> A couple of weeks ago I asked for some ideas on how to remove soft
>>> black water sealant for connectors I commonly know as Coaxiseal.
>>>
>>> Several good answers  and thanks to all who replied.
>>>
>>> The "Best" results IMO were
>>>
>>> 1) "Wait till it gets cold and peel it right off" . I was skeptical
>>> in Florida that it would ever get that cold but turns out that even
>>> at 68 degrees which It was the morning I climbed the tower last week
>>> that the stuff becomes significantly less "gooey" and I was able to
>>> peel 90% of it off fairly quickly so I can imagine for most of you
>>> farther north that this will work well
>>>
>>> 2) For the final 10% left from the myriad of suggestions I got that
>>> the stuff will succumb to just about any solvent. For doing the final
>>> shiny cleanup I found mineral spirits works very well as one of the
>>> least toxic of the many suggestions. Also much to my surprise
>>> isopropyl alcohol , while not quite a fast acting as the mineral
>>> spirits did a very good job of cleaning the final residue of type-N
>>> and PL259 connectors
>>>
>>> 3) For the future,  the suggestion of wrapping the connectors with
>>> tape first before applying the sealing junk was a real duhh moment
>>> which I now use going forward.. I go well down on the coax, fold the
>>> tape over at the end and I have an easy removal "tab" for  the next time.
>>>
>>> Tnxs again
>>> Dave
>>> NR1DX
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