Guess I misunderstood -- I thought "paper abrasive" and "abrasive paper" were interchangeable terms -- I imagined a fine abrasive of some sort that might compromise the contacts' integrity and cause future keying problems. Thanks, stan WB2LQF
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Ray Sills wrote: > Hi Stan; > > That's an old trick for cleaning open frame relay contacts.... use > some paper.. newspaper is fine, where there is no ink. The paper has > just enough abrasive quality to it to wipe off any oxide or dirt on > the contacts, but it's not so rough that it will remove the metal of > the contact itself. That was a second best technique, if you did not > have a contact burnishing tool. > > 73 de Ray > K2ULR > > On Jul 22, 2012, at 11:24 AM, stan levandowski wrote: > >> I don't know about that paper abrasive thing, Steve -- if it were me >> I >> might check with Elecraft first. 73 ,Stan. >> >> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Steve KC8QVO wrote: >> >>> >>> I will try cleaning the contacts and see where that gets me. I don't >>> have >>> any De-oxit but can get some in the next few days. I'll try the old >>> paper >>> abrasive method (someone once showed me that for cleaning my >>> Vibroplex >>> contacts - I use it for all my keys now). >>> Steve, KC8QVO >>> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
