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Re: [TowerTalk] Follow up on Coaxial Seal Removal

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Follow up on Coaxial Seal Removal
From: Richard Smith <n6kt1@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 04:13:48 +0000 (UTC)
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 Wow! that's a huge pliers!  83 inches long!
Maybe not inches?
73, Rich, N6KT
    On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 07:05:58 PM PDT, Grant Saviers 
<grants2@pacbell.net> wrote:  
 
 Or for OCD's like me who don't want burrs on the barrels

https://www.amazon.com/PH-200-Non-marring-Plastic-Touch-Pliers/dp/B000ALF5EK/ref=sr_1_14?crid=1ZPOTLW1291U3&dchild=1&keywords=nylon+jaw+pliers&qid=1602812142&sprefix=nylon+jaw%2Caps%2C219&sr=8-14

nice tool from Japan

Grant KZ1W


On 10/15/2020 16:49, Ron Gorski wrote:
> It's a good idea to get in the habit of using two pair of gas pliers to cinch 
> the connectors tight once the locking nubs are seated properly.
> Ron N9AU
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Artek Manuals
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 6:32 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Follow up on Coaxial Seal Removal
> 
> Thanks Chuck
> 
> Had not seen that one ..interesting will do some more research
> 
> The other lesson I have learned recently is to take great care that with  the 
> little locking bumps inside the PL259 males that one must take some care in 
> making sure they fit into the matching V's of the female connector. They with 
> get on the top of the V rather than down in the V and you think they are 
> tight and then two months of temperature cycling you have an intermittent. 
> PL259 L, T and Barrels are more prone to not seat properly than the standard 
> PL259 on the end of a coax. I had one of these get so hot when running full 
> legal limit on 6M that it would get hot enough to burn you !!
> 
> 
> Dave
> NR1DX
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/15/2020 12:39 PM, Chuck Gooden wrote:
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> When you wrap the connectors again, do not use COAX Seal
>>
>> Have you seen this video?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHiHCw0lsY
>>
>> I used a procedure similar to this when I was in the Navy on the HF
>> and UHF coax connectors.  I used a couple of tie wraps to hold the end
>> of the tape down.  The Scotch 2228 is not sticky but it sticks to
>> itself.  You need to stretch it some as you wrap in around the
>> connector and cable.  It comes off easy by taking a razor blade and
>> slicing it and peeling it off.
>>
>> Chuck K9LC
>>
>>
>> On 10/15/2020 7:27 AM, Artek Manuals wrote:
>>> A couple of weeks ago I asked for some ideas on how to remove soft
>>> black water sealant for connectors I commonly know as Coaxiseal.
>>>
>>> Several good answers  and thanks to all who replied.
>>>
>>> The "Best" results IMO were
>>>
>>> 1) "Wait till it gets cold and peel it right off" . I was skeptical
>>> in Florida that it would ever get that cold but turns out that even
>>> at 68 degrees which It was the morning I climbed the tower last week
>>> that the stuff becomes significantly less "gooey" and I was able to
>>> peel 90% of it off fairly quickly so I can imagine for most of you
>>> farther north that this will work well
>>>
>>> 2) For the final 10% left from the myriad of suggestions I got that
>>> the stuff will succumb to just about any solvent. For doing the final
>>> shiny cleanup I found mineral spirits works very well as one of the
>>> least toxic of the many suggestions. Also much to my surprise
>>> isopropyl alcohol , while not quite a fast acting as the mineral
>>> spirits did a very good job of cleaning the final residue of type-N
>>> and PL259 connectors
>>>
>>> 3) For the future,  the suggestion of wrapping the connectors with
>>> tape first before applying the sealing junk was a real duhh moment
>>> which I now use going forward.. I go well down on the coax, fold the
>>> tape over at the end and I have an easy removal "tab" for  the next time.
>>>
>>> Tnxs again
>>> Dave
>>> NR1DX
> 
> --
> Dave Manuals@ArtekManuals.com www.ArtekManuals.com
> 
> 
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