[NLRS] Anti-sieze for antennas

[Doug Reed]

Since "Butter It's Not" anti-sieze for antennas is no longer
available, does anyone have a known working suggestion to replace it?

Butter It's Not was listed as copper powder in a anti-sieze
anti-corrosion grease. When I was looking around the O'Reilly Auto
store, I found VersaChem brand Copper-bearing anti-sieze compound, $4
for a 1 ounce tube. The petroleum grease base should keep the water
out and prevent corrosion,  the copper is supposed to improve
metal-to-metal conductivity.

Most other common anti-sieze has aluminum particles in the grease
base. Maybe that would be a better option for aluminum antennas? But
in that case why did Butternut choose copper?

Another comment from a ham forum was that dielectric grease and plain
bearing grease is non-conductive and that could be a problem. But I
assume if I sand the tubing to leave ridges, they will pierce and
clamp down to make a good connection through any thin film of
grease.,,,

And there is also NOALOX anti-corrosion compound for electrical
wiring. It too talks about anti-sieze, anti-corrosion properties with
zinc particles for improving conductivity. But this stuff is not rated
as water proof, so it might not be perfect for outdoor antennas....

Anyone got any good suggestions? I have to suggest that almost
anything with a petroleum base to resist water would be better than
nothing. I really prefer to use some type of anti-sieze on every
antenna joint and mounting bolt on a tower.... I have aluminum
antennas that have been up long enough that the joints no longer have
conductivity and the antenna will not resonate at the original
frequency.

73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.



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