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FW: [AMPS] Review of Antenna Tuner from Dayton

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Subject: FW: [AMPS] Review of Antenna Tuner from Dayton
From: 2@vc.net (2)
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:06:10 -0700
>
>Perhaps graphite and REM-OIL, get it at Sporting Goods/Dicks, etc. in
>hunting. dept, made by Remington for gun barrels, light viscosity oil with
>Teflon coat that stays..  GREAT in bearings, we use in in R/C helicopters,
>cars..  Even if not good for roller inductor you guys should pick-up a
>bottle, GREAT stuff! like $1.79 for a few ounces  Phil W2GE
>
/\  Teflon is an insulator.  For a roller inductor, this is not good 
news. 
>> >
>> /\  Finely-powdered  graphite mixed with Mobil 1 5w oil might do just
>> fine.  Use minimal oil so that the conductance of the lubricant will be
>> high.
>
>
>Rich, something special about Mobil synthetic for this purpose???
>
/\  It is a good antioxidant and it does not gum up.  Oxidation is the 
bane of electrical contacts.  

cheers, Phil

-  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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