On Feb 15, 2005, at 11:54 AM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
Just a word about what happens when you DON'T waterproof your
connectors: water will corrode the joints in the connector, but
worse, it will move into the coax braid by capillary action.
The K7LXC tip -- regardless of which weatherproofing method you use --
if you are using tape of any kind, wind your last layer of tape in the
upward direction, overlapping each turn. This will cause any water to
naturally shed away from the inner (lower) layers, much the same way as
roofing shingles.
If you wind in the other direction, the water will tend to move into
the connection. Not good.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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