I buy a product that is sold at a local mobile home supply store. It's the same thing as coax seal. It comes in a 1 inch by 25ft long roll. $16.00, it's also a little thicker than coax seal. Works very well.
Dave W9WRL.com Jim Whiteley wrote: > 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 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
