[AMRadio] More WD-40

[wwd at netheaven.com]

Maybe that was the concept. Interest was generated mostly in
RE/ElectronicsNow; I don't think the ham press got involved in it,
thankfully. The stuff was going for $30- a vial and a tiny drop was
supposed to go on every contact face. Then a few months later reports of
failures started coming in from the field. The surfaces were actually
corroded by the junk. My subscription expired just about then and I didn't
renew.  As in the hi-fi sector, the voodoo level was getting too deep. It
was time to get back to the basics (ER & Am-PressXchange).  :)

Bill    N2KQA


>>From: wwd at netheaven.com
>>
>>A few years ago a very expensive gel was touted as being the ne plus
>>ultra for precious contacts. Turned out to be a scam which resulted in
>>contacts being actually destroyed.

>Are you talking about that stuff that was supposed to electrically bond 
>contacts so that they were the equivalent of a soldered connection, and
>you  needed to use only a minute quantity?

>I remember reading about it, but  haven't heard anything more about it in
> years.

>-K4KYV
>Don K4KYV


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