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[TowerTalk] Fw: Lubricating air variable capacitors

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Fw: Lubricating air variable capacitors
From: "AA6DX - Mark" <aa6dx@arrl.net>
Reply-to: AA6DX - Mark <aa6dx@arrl.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 16:37:19 -0700
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AA6DX - Mark" <aa6dx@cox.net>
To: "Tod - ID" <tod@k0to.us>; "'Jim Lux'" <jimlux@earthlink.net>; 
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lubricating air variable capacitors


Actually .. slippery kerosene.  Check the TT archives for more info ..  NOT
lubricant, other than short time .. and .. then, beware, do not put on tower
cables, as within a short period of time comes the "ketones" .. bad news,
not lubricant.  Actually, been there, done that .. aaarrrggghhhh ... but,
that was many logbooks ago.. 73, Mark  AA6DX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tod - ID" <tod@k0to.us>
To: "'Jim Lux'" <jimlux@earthlink.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lubricating air variable capacitors


Jim:

>
> WD-40 is not a lubricant.
>

As I understand it WD-40 is very similar to a light weight diesel fuel. I am
sure it is a petroleum based product. I would have expected it to have some
lubricating properties . Could you or someone on this list expand on this to
give me an idea of the WD-40 limitations.

Tod, KØTO


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