[Elecraft] TMP connectors
Jack Spitznagel
kd4iz at frawg.org
Sun Jun 8 21:37:27 EDT 2025
Yep
SANCHEM No-OX-ID R-3266 L1 compound... Great stuff.
I also use CAIG Deoxid D5, F5, and G5 where appropriate and of course
JetLube SS-30.
They all have their place.
*/Jack Spitznagel
KD4IZ/*/FM19oo
Parkton, MD/
On 6/8/2025 8:58 PM, Drew AF2Z wrote:
> I'm aware of DeOxit but NO-OX-ID contact grease is the one I thought
> the other poster was referring to as "no-oxide type grease".
>
> It works great for coax connectors and threads; also on audio plugs,
> headphone, etc that while apparently bright and shiny sometimes go
> scratchy. Good for car battery terminals also.
>
> I've never tried it on TMP connectors but wouldn't hesitate if there
> was a problem with them.
>
> 73,
> Drew/AF2Z
>
>
> On 6/8/2025 19:55, Rick Robinson wrote:
>> Are you thinking of DeOxit ? Thin red liquid that has been around for
>> years and great for cleaning and protecting . Not messy. Noalox is
>> for aluminum electrical connections. Look up DeOxit and I think you
>> will see this is what would be the proper product.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM Drew AF2Z <pubx1 at af2z.net
>> <mailto:pubx1 at af2z.net>> wrote:
>>
>> NO-OX-ID contact grease is the stuff. Works great for RF and audio
>> connectors.
>>
>> 73,
>> Drew/AF2Z
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/8/2025 17:27, Ray Maxfield wrote:
>> > Hi Jim and GP.
>> > I would only use No-Oxide "type grease" on the TMP connectors.
>> > A very lite coat is all that is needed.
>> >
>> > Ray WA6VAB K3
>> >
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>> <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
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>> > Sent: Sunday, June 8, 2025 1:11 PM
>> > To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net>>
>> > Cc: jim at rhodesend.net <mailto:jim at rhodesend.net>
>> <jim at rhodesend.net <mailto:jim at rhodesend.net>>
>> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TMP connectors
>> >
>> > Hi Jim,
>> >
>> > The last time I re-plugged those connectors after having my K3's
>> sub out, I
>> > did apply a small amount of dielectric grease to the tip and the
>> shell. Just
>> > used very little smear (not a glob) on the tip of my finger to
>> touch those
>> > parts. That also made correct and full insertion easier.
>> >
>> > Contacts use pressure to squoosh their little conductive hills
>> into/onto the
>> > mating surface. After that, they need protection from
>> atmospheric and
>> > moisture deterioration. The grease keeps it from reaching those
>> microscopic
>> > areas as it gets pushed aside all around of where they squoosh.
>> >
>> > I've been using it on outdoor coax connectors for ages, and
>> recenrly on the
>> > braid of crimp-on connectors before crimping. Never had an
>> issue .
>> >
>> > 73,
>> > Chet, N8RA
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> <mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
>> <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> <mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>> On
>> > Behalf Of Jim Rhodes
>> > Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 10:26 PM
>> > To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> > Subject: [Elecraft] TMP connectors
>> >
>> > My K3 does not get a lot of use anymore because its spot on the
>> desk has
>> > been taken by the K4D. Now the K4 has been at the mothership and
>> the K3 was
>> > perking along just fine and then went silent suddenly. No
>> receive, no
>> > transmit. I opened it up and poked around a bit the next day
>> with the top
>> > cover off and all of a sudden the receive started crackling and
>> transmit was
>> > fine. Buttoned it back up and it worked fine during off and on
>> use for a
>> > few days, then it went quiet again after an all day stretch. So
>> I popped
>> > the top and twisted all of the TMP connectors that I could reach,
>> powered it
>> > up and it has been working fine again.
>> > My question to the group is: Has anyone ever gone to the trouble
>> of treating
>> > all of those pesky little connectors with some kind of dialectric
>> grease to
>> > keep them from this kind of behavior? By the time you add the
>> second
>> > receiver and the 2 meter board there gets to be a lot of the
>> little buggers
>> > in there and most of them are hard to get at. Seems like it
>> might be a good
>> > project to try now that the K4 is on its way home again.
>> >
>> > Jim K0XU
>> > jim at rhodesend.net <mailto:jim at rhodesend.net>
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