FYI Bill....the use of medical grade petroleum jelly was recommended in ON4UN's LBDXing book. That doesn't always make it right, but personally, I've been using the jelly for years to keep water out of connectors and it works very well. The tube of the jelly works great as an applicator rather than from a jar. I fill the connector completely, leaving no voids.
Charlie, N0TT On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:41:58 -0600 "Bill Aycock" <[email protected]> writes: > Jim-- > I wish you would NOT do this. Vaseline is a Petroleum based product > and has > nothing to do with Lanolin, which a a natural animal based Wax. The > > unnecessary broadcast of errors like this make me wonder if anything > you say > is fact-based. > Bill--W4BSG > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim GM > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 8:22 AM > To: topband > Subject: Re: Topband: Verifying integrity of 75 ohm coax. > > Vaseline will work keeps moisture out, non conductive. You can > cover a lot > of surface. Over years it drys out gets crusty. Vaseline is made of > lanolin > mostly, I believe. > > Neverseizes or anitseize compound found in any hardware store, Works > very > well drys out some but keeps working for years. buried cables with > claps > and wrapped with electrical tap connects look like new when taken > apart. > Underground cable going to house for Time Warner cable has it in > inpregnanted in the shielding jacket. > > -- > Jim K9TF > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
