I am constantly looking for a quick way to protect outdoor SO-239 and PL-259 connectors, individually. I am not asking how to seal a complete connection, but but only a bare SO-239 and a bare PL259 w
For how long? and does it have to be really UV resistant? Plastic bag, secured with a nylon zip tie or wrap of tape? Piece of rubber hose? Balloon or condom? There are also purpose designed plugs and
Really? Wonder what the neighbors would say! <grin> 73, Keith NM5G For how long? and does it have to be really UV resistant? Plastic bag, secured with a nylon zip tie or wrap of tape? Piece of rubbe
How about... A piece of waterhose that's slightly bigger in diameter than the coax.. secure the ends with hose clamps 73 Matt W5LL _______________________________________________ ____________________
Bicycle tube. I took a good one on a charity radie and swapped it for a punctured one, and got a kiss as well as the opportunity to reuse a trashed tube. 73, doug Really? Wonder what the neighbors wo
Tried and true for things like keeping rain/mud out of a gun barrel. Clearly, one can use the least expensive ones around. Water balloons work fairly well, but would be hard to stretch over the conne
Or take a hunk that's, say, 6" long, and fold it in half and ziptie. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@c
Author: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:17:43 -0500
Fingers out of a rubber glove. Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2 www.rogerhalstead.com _______________________________________________ __________
Story from WWII, maybe apochryphal -- British commandos needed to keep their sidearms dry, and a condom manufacturer offered to make some really big ones that could be used for this purpose. Churchil
This is the $64 question. What are you really trying to do? What's wrong with tape?!? It's the way millions of connectors are weatherproofed by professionals and amateurs. You need something that doe
The original poster was looking for non-tape alternatives. Never hurts to review the way things are done. Technology advances, etc. Don't see much cloth friction tape these days, for instance. I thin
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but a tried and true method in these parts is an empty 2-liter (or similar) plastic soda bottle. Cut the top off, turn it upside down over a coax splice
The very fast and repeatedly removable kit for connector protections : http://energy.tycoelectronics.com/rrg/raychem_rrg/650355.pdf You just roll protective sleeve over connector. Cellular operators
The very fast and repeatedly removable kit for connector protections : http://energy.tycoelectronics.com/rrg/raychem_rrg/650355.pdf You just roll protective sleeve over connector. Cellular operators