I mastic and tape all of my connectors. There's no reason not to. I know I have never said "I wish I hadn't sealed these connectors that have been here for five years without getting water in them". I still love that the boot makes it easier to remove the cables once it has been sealed. Anyone who has ever sealed SMA connectors that don't have a boot and then down the road tried to remove them know that the mastic gets into every crack and thread and makes unscrewing it a total pain.
On another note, Chuck's post makes me glad that all of my AF5Xs are going up on 30db & 34db dishes. On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Peter Kranz <pkr...@unwiredltd.com> wrote: > While it the connector itself may be IP67 complaint, I have seen several > crimp jobs of the cable onto the connector where there were gaps that would > allow water to penetrate down into the connector. If this particular GPS > cable suffers from a poor crimp, the cup formed by the boot will cause > premature failure. > > > > -PK >
