You hit right on my preferred method - Scotch 130C, followed by Super 88
electrical tape.
Always be sure to cut your tape with scissors, do not just stretch and
tear it - this will
prevent flagging later on. Also make your wraps overlap in the proper
direction, taking
into consideration the
Jan,
Funny you haven't picked up on this before, as this is a regular post from
Bill (as you know) over on the DX QSL reflector.
Nevertheless, don't shoot the messenger... in other words, Bill's data is
only as good as what was sent to him. If someone gave him bad information
(using a busted
Sorry if I repeat someone else's suggestion, but here is a
coating we have used for years on Heliax for repeaters and also at my
home.
1)First use simple electrical tape to cover your
spliced/exposed area (DO NOT stretch electrical tape, it will expand and
contract with temperature change
I second Rod's suggestion of ScotchKote. I've used it for years and
never had even a damp connector of any type, either coax or rotor cable
quick disconnect. As I was told many years ago by a commercial
cable/tower installer here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Scotchkote is
useable for
That sounds like the REALLY professional way to do things. I did try the
bury it in splodge approach some years ago, but found that the limiting
factor was movement of the coax and/or box and/or connector against a
hardening splodge, often physical movement but also as a result of heat
and
Well, let's not panic yet.
It's only a proposal. Nothing's actually happened yet.
...yeah, I know, the FCC is probably going to ram it down our throats as is
regardless of how we comment. Sad to say, but that's been the track record
lately, hasn't it? The law only says that they have to
Ron Notarius wrote:
hold that thought a second. The FCC is trying to water the Amateur Service
down to nothing. The Armed Forces top brass seem to keep hacking away at
MARS. And the FWS Service already considers us petty and bothersome
because we appear to serve no useful purpose. Do I
