What I do is ensure all mating surfaces are clean and bright. Then I use Caige
Laboratories contact cleaner ($15 a can but it goes a long way). I use
"Stuff", and yes that is the name, teflon based insulating grease to coat the
surfaces and fill the voids; exess is wiped off. Then I use a bead of silicon
rubber to seal all joints, coax entry points into connectors, etc. After it
cures, I wrap the entire connection with Scotch or 3M black electrical tape,
2-3 wraps. Then I again use silicon rubber to completely coat the entire
assembly from end to end, sometimes with 2-3 coats. After all that cures, I
use CoaxSeal on top of that. I've had connectors last 10+ years that way, not
sure how much longer they would have lasted since I took the antennas down when
I moved.

Evan

In article , (K9SQG) writes:

| What I do is ensure all mating surfaces are clean and bright. Then I use Caige
| Laboratories contact cleaner ($15 a can but it goes a long way). I use
| "Stuff", and yes that is the name, teflon based insulating grease to coat the
| surfaces and fill the voids; exess is wiped off.

Are there any problems using STUF with higher frequencies (e.g., 2.4GHz)? The
insertion loss comparison chart they provide stops around 1.4GHz, though they
don't mention specific problems going higher...

Dan Lanciani
ddl@danlan.*com