Hi Paul, Tacky tape is almost like Coax Seal in appearance and consistency. The stuff I have is 1/2" wide and probably near 1/16" thick. I found this by accident as well and did a search for it based on the name on the cardboard roller at the center of the roll. Here is the website for it so you can read it.
http://tacky-tape.com/ It is made by a company called Schnee-Morehead and works well. They sell stuff to the military and other companies like one would expect, but I didn't delve into the differences of the various types. After finding it for sale in several places, I checked prices and being a notoriously cheap ham found it less expensive so I thought I would pass the information along. Given it appears that it is going to be a long winter, I felt it best to do things now while it is very nice, even by Oklahoma standards. 73 Jim/W5JO ----- Original Message ----- > Jim, > > You've done well to get to your antenna maintenance before it's so > cold the soldering gun won't even work (has felt like that anyway). > > I googled the "Tacky Tape" to see if it's the same stuff I'm thinking > about, and nothing came up to match what I also will pass along -- > > "Rescue Tape" is one brand of some self-fusing tape that you can wrap > connections with and it cuts off cleanly, as opposed to Coax-Seal and > other variants of sealant. > > This stuff, and there are websites describing it fully, stretches > significantly to apply layer pressure on the wrap, and then it fuses > to itself like a self-vulcanizing patch. > > I originally got onto it when I found a case of it at a state surplus > warehouse. Military nomenclature, and it had a taper to it where the > center thickness was perhaps twice that of the edges, so it would > feather along nicely and not bunch up. > > Excellent dielectric too, and apparently they've improved it today > from the early stuff. The directions back then said to wrap it with > conventinal electrical tape to prevent UV deterioration, but now I see > it has inhibitors built-in. > > Don't know about a cost comparison, but anything that's watertight, > physically strong, and non-corrosive (unlike silicon seal) is worth it > to me. > > Best wishes > > Paul ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
