[Elecraft] KPA500/Kat500 Cables - PL-259 Question

[Don Wilhelm]

I also use coax seal on my PL-259 connectors outdoors, and it is good 
stuff.  Like Ron says, the connectors remain looking just like new when 
the coax seal is removed.
However, wrap the connector with electrical tape before putting on the 
coax seal.  If you fail to heed that advice, you will be 'picking at' 
the remnants of the coax seal that adhere to every part of the connector 
- it sticks tight.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/8/2013 6:54 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> And, while I agree that the more expensive Type N connectors provide
> superior strength and weather resistance outdoors, I don't bother with them.
> Even on ships, the lowly no-name brand PL-259 offers superb performance when
> encased in inexpensive "coax-seal" - a putty like material that one simply
> molds around the connector and coax. After two or three years exposed to
> heavy salt spray at sea and corrosive stack gasses (some antennas are up
> near the top of the ship's funnel), cutting away the coax seal reveals a
> connector that looks like the day it was installed.
>
> 73 Ron AC7AC
>