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Re: [TowerTalk] Reliability (or not) of SMA connectors

To: w6rgs <w6rgs@cox.net>, TowerTalk <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Reliability (or not) of SMA connectors
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 12:13:56 -0500
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My first thought is/was that there might be some sort of conductive Loctite-equivalent that I could use.  Nothing found so far.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/4/2022 12:05 PM, w6rgs wrote:
Hi Pete. Have you considered using a *tiny *amount of Loctite 222 (purple) low strength on a small section of the threads?
Bill W6RGS

-------- Original message --------
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
Date: 12/4/22 06:05 (GMT-08:00)
To: TowerTalk <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Reliability (or not) of SMA connectors

I'm not sure if this is the right place or not, but thought I'd ask
because this is at least a feedline question.

I have a number of SMA connectors in areas of my station like my RBN SDR
and my N1MM Spectrum Display.  It seems like every few weeks I start
running into problems, and have to go through and retighten them to get
rid of intermittent signal losses.  Is there anything that can be done
to secure them better?

--
73, Pete N4ZR
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web server at<https://reversebeacon.net>.
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