[Milsurplus] TBX Field Antenna. Antenna threads lubricant

[Spike Dennis]

> What's the best oil to put on the threads to protect them?
> Plain motor oil OK?  
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Go to Walmart & get their Super Tech White Grease in a aerosol can. Stock up on this stuff because you'll like it.
I use it on lots of stuff to include my MS & AB mast sections to keep them from seizing up when assembled.
 KB0SFP
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----- Original Message ----
> From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2009 9:23:54 AM
> Subject: [Milsurplus] TBX Field Antenna.
> 
> I recently acquired at a hamfest, 
> a nearly complete TBX antenna with the bag.
> I say "nearly" since I don't have a list of everything that goes in there.
> But it does have the bottom ground stake, insulator,
> center piece with all the ropes and all the elements..  
> Some of the elements are pretty thin stuff- look like copper-clad
> steel.  A couple were rusted through and broken.  I repaired this 
> by cleaning them, soldering some braid between the two pieces
> and sleeving them both back together tightly with aluminum tubing,
> which I epoxied in place.  Have also cleaned and repainted them.
> Looks very nice.
> Were all TBX antenna elements this thin, or did I get an early version?
> Exposure to salt air would certainly raise cain with them, 
> which is probably what happened here, unless the paint 
> was perfect.
> What's the best oil to put on the threads to protect them?
> Plain motor oil OK?  
> 73 Dave S.
> 
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