[TowerTalk] COAX SEAL

[Gene Smar]

No one's mentioned it yet, but the final, outside wrap should be upward, like shingles, so water flows off and not into the tape layers. I believe I read that on TowerTalk years back.
73 de Gene Smar AD3F 

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  On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 11:36 PM, Jim W7RY<jimw7ry at gmail.com> wrote:   And there is usually lots of it at hamfests (especially Dayton) for 
pretty cheep!

It works great as you describe John.
BUT, make sure your first wrap (we call it the courtesy wrap) is not 
very long. Just enough to cover the connector, and your butyl wrap is 
much longer, and your final tap is longer yet.


73, Jim W7RY



On 3/9/2024 9:59 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I'm pretty certain that the pros use butyl mastic in-between layers of vinyl
> electric tape.  It works well and comes apart reasonably easy.  DX
> Engineering sells it, it also comes with Andrew grounding kits, etc.
> https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/tes-2212
>
> John KK9A
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> Michael Murphy KI8R wrote:
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> I always use this:  https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/tes-2155
>
> Coax Seal is awful and will eventually dry out and almost impossible to
> remove.
>
> Mike - KI8R
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Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY

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