[Elecraft] DeoxIT & Gold

[Dan Sherwood]

Radio Shack had it.  $17 incl tax for very small vials both kinds - ouch.
When I put my P3 together I'll spritz a bit on a gauze pad and wipe down
those grounding pads.  Worth the cost not to have trouble later.

If I'd seen this post earlier I would have used a bit of the gold stuff on
the contact pins in the K3 build.  No problems now but perhaps less problems
later.  I noticed light insertion force on all the board connectors,
especially the banana plug from the SO-239 antenna connectors through the
KAT3 board.  Hopefully no problems in the future, works great now.  RF is
hard on any point-to-point connectors.  Replaced many a tube socket in amps
on account if it, when things start getting loose.

73,

Dan
WA6PZK



On 9/27/11 7:07 PM, "Steve Kercel" <aa4ak.1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> ------ Forwarded Message
>> From: "Paul W. Van Dyke"<crossbow at kconline.com>
>> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:22:14 -0400
>> To:<elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> 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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