[Elecraft] FIXED--was NOT the feedline

[Dave Cole]

Time to put some of my current heatshrink on an old connector and throw 
it in the freezer, thanks for the tip!!!

73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

On 6/4/20 12:35 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> My two cents worth:
> 
> Professionally, I used a layer of Scotch-70 self-fusing tape covered by 
> two layers of Scoth-33+ black electric tape.  This was on coax cable 
> connectors on small vessels that were in salt-water exposure.  Removing 
> 5-years afterward, connectors were still bright,dry, and looking like new.
> 
> Scotch-70 is expensive (I paid $30 per roll over ten years ago for it). 
> But when you got guys on board a 26-foot boat in the North Pacific with 
> very high seas (like 30-foot) you want their Marine Radio to work.
> 
> At home, I use heat shrink with two layers of Scotch-33+ fairly 
> reliably.  If things are too close to wrap with tape then a layer of 
> Scotch-Kote seals heat shrink, thoroughly.
> 
> I don't use sticky, messy stuff like Coax Seal.  Scotch-70 molds into a 
> seamless covering and slits easily with a razor knife.
> 
> Some large coax connectors are supplied with heat shrink that has a 
> melted inner "goo" which is very good sealant.  I've found removal is 
> not messy so apparently the "goo" cures in some manner.  Pretty sure you 
> can buy it at commercial electrical suppliers (but probably in 4-foot 
> chunks which will cost you).  I buy my ordinary heat shrink and tywraps 
> (Thomas & Betts) from a local commercial electrical supply house.
> 
> When temperatures dip to -30F the cheap stuff gets brittle and breaks.  
> That's not when I want to climb a tower.
> 
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
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