On 2013-11-24, at 8:59 PM, n0...@juno.com n0...@juno.com wrote:
I would not use petroleum jelly on any electrical connector,
especially to
flood it. That is bad advice, no matter what source recommends it.
Hi Guys,
I applied Vaseline petroleum jelly onto the coax connectors of my
When I first got into the 2-way radio business back in the 70s I obtained a
lot of literature from both Motorola and General Electric, for whom I did
sub-contract work. On the subject of installing base station antennas, both
companies recommended that the connectors be flooded with vaseline
I have a mostly similar background and experience, 2way radio and silicone
grease, except, they learned. At 400 mhz and higher, flooding an N
connector with silicone greade (dow #4) introduces a significant and reasonably
easily measured impedance bump. For the last couple of decades
Greetings to all TopBand Operators,
The Boring Amateur Radio Club is happy to announce the 18th running of
the
Stew Perry TopBand Challenge. It will be held publicly starting 1500Z 28
December
to 1500Z December 29, 2013. This contest will utilize 160M only and
requires the
contestants to
