[TowerTalk] Butter snot

[jcjacobsen at q.com]

JC, K0HPS, is looking for a substitute for Butter-its-not: 

JC: I've used WD40 and green kitchen scrubber pads to clean the aluminum on antennas. Messy, but it works. Wipe tubes off after cleaning using an old rag. 
THEN go to your local Big Bos and get a tube of Gardner Bender Ox-Gard in the electrical dept. Using a piece of fresh Green scrubber pad, squirt some of the anti-ox on the greenie, and then twist it around the tube at the connection point. It will further clean the aluminum and leave a very fine/thin coating on the tubing. If you use too much you WILL strip out your hose clamps before the connection gets tight enough to not turn.(Don't ask me how I know this <GRIN>) 

Good luck on the project. 

73 K9WN Jake