Thanks for those tips Peter, i will start running those seals all the way up to the bottom of the radio.
Sent from my iPhone Kurt Fankhauser Wavelinc Communications P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 http://www.wavelinc.com tel. 419-562-6405 fax. 419-617-0110 > On Apr 2, 2015, at 2:19 AM, Peter Kranz <pkr...@unwiredltd.com> wrote: > > There are a lot of ways to approach sealing, so feel free to ignore my > advice.. however, this is based on my experience with radios like this and > Super 33+ type seal jobs and the way they fail in adverse environments (I > deal with salty environs so things go bad fast). > > If you want to go bomb proof on this, you have to use mastic to completely > seal the junction between the connector and the body. As water comes down the > body of the radio it can linger in the junction between the connector and the > aluminum body and you will get corrosion over the long run. Usually aluminum > oxide starts to build up underneath the white powder coat in this region and > then progresses to a larger area. > > Also no parts of the N-connector should be exposed to water passing over it. > A any water that moves down the exposed part of the connector can be > collected in the perfect cup that has been created by your lower seal and > over time this may propagate further down the sealed area. > > -PK > >
