I believe the technical name for that "putty like substance" in the Navy supply system was Monkey Shit. When I was a Radioman a long, long time ago, that's the only name ever used.
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen > That was my experience servicing radio installation on board large ships. We > used whatever the local supplier had on hand. After all, it's just a simple > two-circuit connector designed for 28 MHz or so (back then "UHF" was 28 MHz > and above, but there was really nothing above about 50 MHz before WWII). > > On connections open to the air (on a ship that meant constant salt spray) we > carefully sealed the connection with something like "Coax-Seal" - a putty > like sealant - followed by several layers of good quality electrical tape. > Connectors that I had installed that way a few years previously that I > needed to disconnect for some reason looked a good as the day I had > installed them, thousands and thousands of miles and years of salt water > later. > > Sent from my iPad ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
