can you burnish gold contacts? 40 years ago at Motorola we used a special
burnishing blade that fit in an exacto knife handle. But they were
bifurcated contacts.
Jim
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From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
To: <Amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] DE-OX-IT
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:31:55 -0800, Robert Friess <rfriess@usa.net>
> wrote:
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>>
>>American gold coins are about 10% copper and they do not oxidize.
>
> REPLY:
>
> Don't know about coins, but the gold used on contacts does develop
> some kind of film over time. I assume it is copper oxide but that's
> just a guess. Whatever it is, removing it brightens up the gold and
> restores conductivity.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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