Okay Eddy FB thanks, Rob / K5UJ
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Edward Swynar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bob, > > I have never, ever seen silicone decomponse / deteriorate in > sunlight---ever. I believe it's because there's no plastic in it, per se, > which is affected (in time) by UV rays... > > Anyway, it works---AND it's cheap, AND it's readily available! Hi Hi. > > ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > > > ********************************* > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Atkinson" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 10:57 AM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] antennas > > >> Eddy, >> >> I had wondered why no one had mentioned a simple tube of silicone from >> the hardware store and was about to but you took the words out of my >> mouth. I was starting to think there was some gotcha associated with >> it that I didn't know about, but I've been using it outside with no >> problems. Maybe it breaks down in sunlight? >> >> 73 >> >> Rob >> K5UJ >> >> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Edward Swynar <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi Guys, >> > >> > Contrary to "...tribal knowledge", I insist that clear silicone >> > sealant---G.E. brand, whatever---still can't be beat on applications > that >> > are out-of-doors & in the open...! >> > >> > I smear it all over my PL-259 connectors---and then some---that I use to >> > hook-up my feeders to the bases / tuning networks of my extended > inverted >> > "L" arrays for 160-meters here: in the open air, there are no noxious / >> > corrosive fumes to contend with... >> > >> > In the Spring, when it's time to roll-up the radials & store away the > tuning >> > networks, I simply get an X-acto knife & make a slit into the silicone > the >> > length of the connector, then peel the whole thing off in one piece. >> > >> > It's cheap, effective, and never allows water entry into the > "works"---even >> > when buried for (literally) months at a time under a foot & more of > snow! >> > >> > I concur, however, with the "dangerous" potential side-effects of >> > silicone...case in point: one Field Day, many moons ago, I used silicone > as >> > an adhesive to anchor a small air-variable capacitor down securely > inside a >> > Tupperware enclosure, used to tune a delta loop on 40. It was a dewey > damp >> > Sunday morning when we opened-up the Tupperware lid to se why the tuning > of >> > our antenna had gone awry...to our surprise, the rotor blades of the >> > capacitor were completely coated in rust! >> > >> > Our only conclusion was that the noxious, vinegar-like smell of the >> > silicone, in a sealed environment, had somehow "attacked" the steel >> > capacitor, & aged it by a quantum leap! >> > >> > Used outdoors & in the open, however, I've never had that problem... >> > >> > ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net >> AMRadio mailing list >> Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html >> List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >> Post: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with >> the word unsubscribe in the message body. >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
