My understanding of the place to place silicon grease is NOT upon the outside of the connector, but rather in the interface between male and female connectors. The idea is to exclude moisture pooling on the insulator between the center pin and the outer shell conductor.
However, if you over wrap a coax connector with a good quality electrical vinyl tape, and cut the end, rather than stretching it to break; you can then overwrap with coax seal, Dux Seal, or self amalgamating tape lapped 50 percent, and have a long lasting but recoverable seal. N connectors by their very construction do not typically need the addition of silicone grease. They have adequate fine threads and tight fitting interfaces between plug and receptacle. I prefer NOT to seal with silicone grease to enable inspection of the connectors every year. -Stuart K5KVH _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
