[Premium-Rx] Lubricants for Harris Radios and etc.

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Vic:

I have found that Radio Shack "Lube Gel" is a fantastic product.  It's a 
Silicon based grease that's made taking great care to keep oxygen out of 
the mix (neither is in the ingredients nor in the preparation steps).  
This is explained in the patent
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5037566
So anything that's lubed with it will not have any oxidation.  Which is 
the cause of many problems.

It's a great replacement for Coax-Seal when installing coax outdoors.  
Just put a 1/4" dab into the plug before mating and it displaces the air 
in the joint.  The dielectric constant of the Lube Gel is close to the 
plastic insulator in the coax and so causes not problems like water 
would with an Er of about 60.   I have a theory that it would be good on 
most electrical joints where there is a pressure point, but not when 
there's no pressure point.  Also good to put a dab into the connector 
back shell when you make  your own cables to waterproof them.

Radio Shack also sells a Teflon based oil in a pen sized applicator that 
allows applying a very small drop, which may be as important as what oil 
is used.

73,

Brooke Clarke, N6GCE

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Vic/Johanna Culver wrote:

>Thanks, Jan/Greg -- I was afraid I had somehow caused the problem as the
>list seemed to be fine until I sent in this post!  I'll send it again and
>see what happens.  Thanks, all.
>
>
>Hello, List.  I know the fellows doing R-390A's and such are big fans of
>Mobile-One for lubrication (for the RADIOS, guys!) but   Harris specifies
>Anderol 401D Silicone Oil and Dow Corning DC 44 Silicone Grease for upkeep
>on their gear.  The MFG wants either minimum orders on the magnitude of
>GALLONS or the prices are .... excessive.  The local auto parts stores have
>'Teflon oil' which is really an unknown quantity here, and otherwise
>unspecified 'silicone grease.'   Is it possible to get those lubricants
>specified by Harris in relatively small quantities?  Would anyone care to
>share what you have found to be the equivalents of those specified and is
>it/are they available in user friendly quantities?  I know you gotta pay for
>the good stuff, but multi-kilobucks for a small tank car full of 'good
>stuff' is not in the cards!  <G>  Thanks for the bandwidth -- have a great
>weekend!  Vic
>
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