[ARC5] Bare Aluminum USN sets.

[Mike Everette]

I agree... but moisture can, and does, creep under screw heads and work its way down the threads of the screws.

Just like penetrating oil.

I'll bet you've taken screws out of Command Sets and found them turned green.

73

Mike
W4DSE

--- On Sat, 10/20/12, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> From: J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Bare Aluminum USN sets.
> To: "Brian Clarke" <brianclarke01 at optusnet.com.au>
> Cc: arc5 at mailman.qth.net, "Mike Hanz" <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
> Date: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 9:55 AM
> The capacitors are on the inside of
> the chassis. That's a lot more than
> salt spray. It's a brine soak.
> 
> -John
> 
> ================
> 
> 
> 
> > Not so. If the corrosion gets between the potted
> capacitors and the
> > chassis,
> > the designed RF bypassing is gone and instead you have
> interstage
> > coupling.
> > 73 de Brian, VK2GCE.
> >
> > John Forster on Saturday, October 20, 2012 1:58 AM,
> expressed HIS opinion:
> >
> >
> >> It was flagged as a joke, but, in fact, it is
> pretty hard to imagine a
> >> little surface corrosion would significantly alter
> a radio's
> >> performance.
> >>
> >> -John
> >
> >
> 
> 
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