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Old September 25th 06, 10:58 AM posted to rec.radio.cb
Jan Panteltje Jan Panteltje is offline
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Default Amp Design Concept -- Preliminary

On a sunny day (Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:27:16 -0700) it happened Frank Gilliland
wrote in
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These clamps will not only provide a much
stronger mechanical connection, but will also, in conjunction with the
gold-plated flags, eliminate ANY possibility of corrosion in damp
(spilled coffee) environments.


I have a satellite dish motor (outside), opened it up, they have immersed
the PCB in wax (parrafine?) to make it corrosion proof.
It is just a very thin layer that covers all components.
Seems to work.
Even though I pricked the scope through it at some points to measure things.
:-)