[Kenwood] Using DeoxIT on TS830 band switch...

Fri, 02 Jan 2004 14:31:06 -0500

On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 11:11:55 -0500, you wrote:

>At 06:26 AM 1/2/04 -0500, Mike MacDonald wrote:
>>WD-40 used sparingly will also work well.
>
>WD-40 JUST SAY NO!

>WD means Water Displacant.
>Developed by NASA to remove water from tiles in the launch building and=20
>apply a coat of (note this) VARNISH to keep dampness from going back =
into=20
>the tiles.
>
>So.. the stuff is a water displacing material plus varnish.
>
>Do you want that on your switches???
>
>I don't think so.
>
>Roy

I first saw WD-40 when I was in the Air Force in the 1960s. The
avionics technicians used it to clean contacts & switches. =20

Rich
AA3VX

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