[Boatanchors] MAFS cleaner

rbethman rbethman at comcast.net
Sun Dec 22 16:39:32 EST 2013


Jim,

De-Ox-It is useful - BUT - "Only a little dab 'll do ya!"

Just like the ancient Brylcream ads!

Once over done, it becomes a super PIA!

My $0.02 worth.

Bob - N0DGN


On 12/22/2013 4:31 PM, Jim Wilhite wrote:
> I have been fighting a bandswitch wafer in a nice SX 122 that was 
> saturated with De-Ox-It.  It changed the frequency of the first 
> oscillator so much that it would not oscillate on the low end of band 
> D 14-32 megacycles.
>
> It would not calibrate correctly on the upper end either and after 
> cleaning with alcohol and using some regular contact cleaner it works 
> correctly.  I had to clean and dry the darn thing several times to 
> accomplish the task, so do what is specified here, be very careful 
> with De-Ox-It.
>
> Jim
> W5JO
>



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