I just checked and the Cool Amp Power and Lube is still avaiable. My stock is the powder. I dont know what the Lube is like. Maybe its is in the form of a cream.
Dale\\ http://www.cool-amp.com/ --- In [email protected], "dwmcg...@..." <dwmcg...@...> wrote: > > > I read a few of the posts about silver plating and can tell there are not > many of the old build it your self 2/432 high power amp builders left around. > I was used to plate cavities and tank circuits. > > The is a silver plating power that one can buy and it is called Cool AMP. > Was originally designed for plating contacts on high current electrical > connectors to reduce heating by cutting down contact resistance. Worked > great. Easy to use. It is a slightly gritty powder that is applied with a > damp cloth. Use it like spit polishing your old military black shoes. > > Works good for small and medium size areas. I have used it to touch up the > main pass cavity tuning rods. coupling loops and also plating circuit for > general coating and maintain solderability. About do years ago I bought two > jars at 35 a jar. Jard are bout threee inches tall and two inches wide. Goes > a long way if you use it right. Great stuff to fool the Cops to make them > thing you have some drugs-- Hi. > > The company name is Cool Amp Conducto lub Company in Portland . Dont know if > they are still in business but sure is a good alternative to messing with a > lot of liquid chemicals. The oder VJF/Uhs Handbooks mentioned it for plating > Plate circuits for homemade amps. It will oxidize but still is a good > conductor in that state/ > > Good luck, Dale k0jxi > --- In [email protected], Oz-in-DFW <lists@> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 7/14/2010 6:37 AM, N1BUG wrote: > > > JG wrote: > > > > > >> Good fishing !!, or is your memory that good:) > > >> > > >> I poked "Ham Radio magazine" into Google > > >> and found a few articles on silver plating > > >> in this list: > > >> http://webhome.idirect.com/~griffith/hr/hrind05.htm > > >> > > > > > > "Safe, Sensible Silverplating" ... that rings a bell! That is the > > > one I was thinking of. > > > > > > Feb 1985. Hmm. My guess of "mid 1980s" wasn't too far off the mark. > > > Now if only I knew what I did yesterday. :-) > > > > > > > > >> Now, here's the Million Dollar question.. > > >> where are these articles archived ?? > > >> > > > Nowhere that I know of. > > > > > ARRL sells the complete archive on CD. $60 > > > > http://www.arrl.org/shop/Ham-Radio-CD-ROM-1984-1990/ > > > > -- > > mailto:oz@ Oz > > POB 93167 Southlake, TX 76092 (Near DFW Airport) > > >
