[Elecraft] DeoxIT & Gold

Steve Kercel aa4ak.1 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 22:07:27 EDT 2011


Use the Deoxit, but not the gold, to clean up old pots. It does an 
amazing job. I've used it on carbon pots and it has not produced any 
problems for me.

73,

Steve
AA4AK


On 9/27/2011 9:45 PM, Dan Sherwood wrote:
> Is this stuff good for quieting scratchy potentiometers?  I gather from
> reading these posts it is good for contacts and antennas.  Not sure if it's
> safe for carbon pots.  I'm cleaning up my trusty old TS-940 for resale.  New
> K3 took its place.
>
> 73,
>
> Dan  WA6PZK
>
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> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:22:14 -0400
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> Subject: [Elecraft] DeoxIT&  Gold
>
> How to protect your antenna -  after using DeoxITR D-Series (it is more than
> a contact cleaner, it chemically Improves connections
> (without harm to metals and plastics), I put on  DeoxITR Shield S-Series
> (formerly PreservIT) as it is designed for harsh environments.
> On each DXpedition we take to the Caribbean, these two products are used
> quite extensively as the salt water - etc. tears up the antennas and
> connectors.
> We've seen a definite reduction on the trips in corrosion when we use this.
> No I don't have stock in the company, just a good love not having my
> antennas destroyed by a salt environment.
>
> 73's
> Paul Van Dyke - KB9AVO, VP2MVO , and a whole lot of other calls.
>
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