[TowerTalk] Aluminum Boom Lubricant: Yes or Nope?

[Steve Harrison]

While reading W8JI's article on greases, I was getting disappointed in 
my choice of using Noalox for my old rebuilt yagis, until I got down to 
the next to the last paragraph, where he wrote:

"I use Noalox on clamped aluminum slip joints in antennas because it is 
generally less expensive than silicone dielectric greases and it appears 
to last longer."

Ahha, I feel redeemed again  8-)

Jim VE7RF wrote:


> The problem with noalox/penetrox..... it dries out eventually.... after just a few years. W8JI uses  dielectric grease where ele sections join together...and also
> boom splices.
That's not quite what he said in that next-to-last paragraph, Jim 8-)
> He said the only reason to use penetrox / noalox is because they are much
> less expensive.
> Dunno how long Dielectric grease, like the Penetrox brand, would last.

I would wonder about that, too, if I was building to keep all this 
schtuff up in the air for a couple dozen years. However, I'll be real 
surprised if I make it to the next solar maximum in about 2035 - 36  8-D

Steve, K0XP