I've been a fan of DeoxIT D5 Power Booster for several years and can't say enough good things about it.
I bought a used MFJ 962D manual tuner and observed that the variable inductor was very noisy. I took it apart and cleaned the coil and roller with alcohol, which helped a little, but still was noisy. After trying several electrical store products, someone recommended DeoxIT, and I bought a spray can. I cleaned the inductor and roller with the DeoxIT and literally bathed the coil with it, letting the drippings fall on a cloth I placed under the coil. Then I let it air dry, and put the tuner back together. The tuner was much quieter and I was able to hot tune my radio with the inductor tuning as quiet as one of the capacitors. The best part is, it stays clean. The last time I cleaned it was over a year ago, and it's just now starting to get a little noisy, so I need to clean it again. I also had a problem with a network cable making bad contact, and a had friend, who also likes DeoxIT, suggested I spray the contacts on the CAT 5 connector. I did it, and it worked great there too. I've never used the "Gold" product, but have seen it. BTW some of the Fry's stores carry DeoxIT. Ron Midwin AE6RH ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
