[Elecraft] PL-259 connectors

[Jim Allen]

I believe the technical name for that "putty like substance" in the Navy supply system was Monkey Shit.  When I was a Radioman a long, long time ago, that's the only name ever used.

73 de W6OGC Jim Allen 

> That was my experience servicing radio installation on board large ships. We
> used whatever the local supplier had on hand.  After all, it's just a simple
> two-circuit connector designed for 28 MHz or so (back then "UHF" was 28 MHz
> and above, but there was really nothing above about 50 MHz before WWII). 
> 
> On connections open to the air (on a ship that meant constant salt spray) we
> carefully sealed the connection with something like "Coax-Seal" -  a putty
> like sealant - followed by several layers of good quality electrical tape.
> Connectors that I had installed that way a few years previously that I
> needed to disconnect for some reason looked a good as the day I had
> installed them, thousands and thousands of miles and years of salt water
> later. 
> 
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