Use the Deoxit, but not the gold, to clean up old pots. It does an amazing job. I've used it on carbon pots and it has not produced any problems for me.
73, Steve AA4AK On 9/27/2011 9:45 PM, Dan Sherwood wrote: > Is this stuff good for quieting scratchy potentiometers? I gather from > reading these posts it is good for contacts and antennas. Not sure if it's > safe for carbon pots. I'm cleaning up my trusty old TS-940 for resale. New > K3 took its place. > > 73, > > Dan WA6PZK > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: "Paul W. Van Dyke"<[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:22:14 -0400 > To:<[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] DeoxIT& Gold > > How to protect your antenna - after using DeoxITR D-Series (it is more than > a contact cleaner, it chemically Improves connections > (without harm to metals and plastics), I put on DeoxITR Shield S-Series > (formerly PreservIT) as it is designed for harsh environments. > On each DXpedition we take to the Caribbean, these two products are used > quite extensively as the salt water - etc. tears up the antennas and > connectors. > We've seen a definite reduction on the trips in corrosion when we use this. > No I don't have stock in the company, just a good love not having my > antennas destroyed by a salt environment. > > 73's > Paul Van Dyke - KB9AVO, VP2MVO , and a whole lot of other calls. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
