Bob:
There have been numerous postings on this subject previously. You can
check through the archives.
Two points that I like to emphasize (which I learned on TowerTalk) are:
1. Be very stingy when applying the NoAlOx or whatever to the aluminum
joints. A thin layer is sufficient.
2. First clean the joint (inside and outside tubing) with one piece of
Scotchbrite pad (NOT steel wool) and rub in the NoAlOx with a second piece.
You will keep the oxide material from the first pad out of the cleaned joint
by using separate pads.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
To: "'R March'" <n7ua@ix.netcom.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 12:53 PM
Subject: RE: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] Penetrox
> I use NoAlOx (off the shelf, Home Depot and most electrical supply houses)
> and it seems to last a very long time....used it at all element overlaps
and
> attachments in a KT34XA installed in 1988 and when we just took it down to
> replace it in 2004, the elements slipped out easily and the compound was
> still greasy. -WB2WIK/6
>
> "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken
> Olson, Chairman & Founder, Digital Equipment Corporation (1977)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: R March [SMTP:n7ua@ix.netcom.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:13 AM
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] Penetrox
> >
> > I'm rebuilding some of my old antennas and I have a question. What is
the
> > best media to use at the bean element AL telescoping joints to (a)
assure
> > they will later be able to be seperated and (b) assure long term RF
> > conductivity through the joint. KLM used to provide a Penetrox like
> > material that had what appeared to be some copper embedded in it. I
have
> > heard reports that this caused corrosion and eventually was a disaster
> > (purely anecdotal info). Will ordinary Penetrox work, the kind used in
AL
> > wiring joints? Does anyone have an opinion on this? Thanks, Bob
N7UA
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