RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-13 Thread Barry
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RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-12 Thread ka9qjg
Since the topic of Silver Plating was brought up Here is a Great Product that I just used to Redo the Roller inductor My Old Heath kit 2060a Tuner Kind of Expensive but works great easy to use and will last a long time. http://www.cool-amp.com/cool_amp.html Happy Repeater

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-12 Thread JG
Don wrote: Since the topic of Silver Plating was brought up Here is a Great Product that I just used to Redo the Roller inductor My Old Heath kit 2060a Tuner Kind of Expensive but works great easy to use and will last a long time. http://www.cool-amp.com/cool_amp.html Happy Repeater Building

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-12 Thread N9LLO
Silver oxide unlike copper oxide remains a good conductor and does not need cleaned. The best use would be the high current areas around the top of the cavity and loops, also the sliding connection at the center conductor. I am paraphrasing this info from some old DB products literature I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-12 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jul 11, 2010, at 1:10 PM, skipp025 wrote: The key is to avoid giving the real lunatics your home or cell phone number. Off-topic comment: Get a Google Voice account. They can leave messages all day or night on that number, and you get a silly transcription that's often wrong to laugh

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-12 Thread Barry
If you have a stable dc supply some chemicals to make a pickle solution and a silver dollar the rest is easy google is very useful by the way _ Browse profiles for FREE! Meet local

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-12 Thread STeve Andre'
OK then, how about a 1919 threepence piece? ;-) On Monday 12 July 2010 14:04:22 Dave wrote: and a silver dollar Good Lord manI'm English! --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Barry ate...@... wrote: If you have a stable dc supply some chemicals to make a pickle solution and a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-12 Thread Doug Hutchison
`No NO NO hang on to thatworth a few pounds...later!! Doug On 12/07/2010 18:11:33, STeve Andre' (and...@msu.edu) wrote: OK then, how about a 1919 threepence piece? ;-) On Monday 12 July 2010 14:04:22 Dave wrote: and a silver dollar Good Lord man I'm English! --- In

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-11 Thread Doug Hutchison
Skipp, Did you ever work with Rowan and Martin?!! Very good as usual. Doug On 11/07/2010 14:21:32, skipp025 (skipp...@yahoo.com) wrote: Dave dave_g7...@... wrote: Hi All, I have rescently obtained a uhf pair of cavities that are not silver plated inside (bare copper) They both have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-11 Thread Oz-in-DFW
Silver plating can have an impressive positive performance effect under some circumstances. It's also at advantage because it's corrosion result is conductive, so performance is not effected by tarnishing. -- mailto:o...@ozindfw.net Oz POB 93167 Southlake, TX 76092 (Near DFW Airport)

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-11 Thread Oz-in-DFW
On 7/11/2010 11:46 AM, Oz-in-DFW wrote: Silver plating can have an impressive positive performance effect under some circumstances. It's also at advantage because it's corrosion result is conductive, so performance is not effected by tarnishing. -- mailto:o...@ozindfw.net

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-11 Thread Barry
Silver plate does help in the long run if you travel miles twice a year to clean + polish then plating wil reduce/stop tarnish and might help Q , as for insertion lose improvements sometimes