The station ID adds some real "class" to the video. Chuck WB2EDV
----- Original Message ----- From: "w9srv" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 1:27 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Pin "Gunk" > Hi Guys! > > I am in the middle of rebuilding a receive site for one of the area > repeaters and have come across some interesting "Pin Gunk". I've been told > that Motorola techs years ago used to apply some kind of "goo" to help > with the connection on all the backplane pins, etc, but I don't know if > this is what that is. This receive site has been developing some > intermittant issues on several fronts, and maybe this explains them. > > The problem with this gunk is that is is non-conductive and a real bugger > to clean off. DeOxit seems to work the best. I made this quick video last > night showing this on the pins of the power control board. Here is the > link to the video: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmWumkQetdY > > Has anyone else ever come across this? Are there any other steps other > than cleaning it off to ensure it will not be another problem in the > future? > > Thanks! > > Tom > W9SRV
