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RE: [TowerTalk] quick waterproofing for PL-259 connectors?

To: "'Jim Lux'" <jimlux@earthlink.net>,"'Towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] quick waterproofing for PL-259 connectors?
From: "Jim Brown" <jbrown@luminet.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:00:01 -0600
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
I have found that it leaves little or no residue. It sticks to itself
but not to the connector.

Jim Brown
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lux
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:54 AM
> To: Jim Brown; 'Towertalk'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] quick waterproofing for PL-259 connectors?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Brown" <jbrown@luminet.net>
> 
> > The best product I found is a silicone tape. I have bought it at
Radio
> > Shack and the local home improvement store in the electrical
department.
> > It sticks to its self yet can be removed fairly easily.
> >
> Does it leave a residue?
> 
> This tape is sort of where I'm starting, but I'm looking for a
better(?)
> solution.  The tape works, but:
> - it's a consumable (which means after I cut it off I've to to throw
it
> away, which leads to a trash problem on tear down
> - it takes extra steps to wrap the tape (when you've got to make a
dozen
> connections, and you want the total setup time to be <15-20 minutes,
even
> 30
> seconds adds up)
> - taping in the rain is a dicey proposition (The tape or the cable
gets
> wet,
> and things don't stick very well)
> 
> This is in connection with a portable phased array.  Pull to a stop,
jump
> out, 20 minutes later, you're on the air.
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> > > bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lux
> > >
> > > 1) real fast to mate (ideally, no extra time over what it takes to
> > mate
> > > the
> > > connectors)
> > > 2) cheap
> > > 3) real fast to demate
> > > 4) Ideally, no consumables
> > > 5) Doesn't require tools
> > > 6) Can be done in the dark/rain
> 
> 
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