Re: [IRCA] Antenna connections sealants

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill

There is a product called "Butter It's Not", which is a copper colored 
paste you can rub on the antenna connections.   I've used it in the 
past.  The product description calls it an Anti-Oxide Anti-Seize Paste.  
Check with your local ham dealer or one of the on-line suppliers.  It's 
produced by the same company that makes Butternut ham antennas.  The 
stuff is kind of messy, so I'd only use it on coax and other semi 
permanent connections.

Bruce

Bill Harms wrote:

>Thanks to all of the suggestions.  I understand about keeping 
>moisture out and your suggestions will work.  
>
>My main concern is about the connections themselves.  Is there 
>something that could be placed directly on the connections themselves 
>to act as the last barrier against moisture?  I am wondering because 
>in performing PM on my antenna system, I had to re-seat all of the 
>banana plugs, coax connectors, etc because the slight surface 
>corrosion had coated the metal with a non-conductive layer.  In the 
>past, I have used vaseline to coat the surfaces, and that seems to 
>work for a while, but it seems to evaporate (or disappears) after a 
>while. Is there something better that could be put on the surfaces?
>
>
>Bill Harms
>Elkridge, Maryland
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