I read a few of the posts about silver plating and can tell there are not many of the old build it your self 2/432 high power amp builders left around. I was used to plate cavities and tank circuits.
The is a silver plating power that one can buy and it is called Cool AMP. Was originally designed for plating contacts on high current electrical connectors to reduce heating by cutting down contact resistance. Worked great. Easy to use. It is a slightly gritty powder that is applied with a damp cloth. Use it like spit polishing your old military black shoes. Works good for small and medium size areas. I have used it to touch up the main pass cavity tuning rods. coupling loops and also plating circuit for general coating and maintain solderability. About do years ago I bought two jars at 35 a jar. Jard are bout threee inches tall and two inches wide. Goes a long way if you use it right. Great stuff to fool the Cops to make them thing you have some drugs-- Hi. The company name is Cool Amp Conducto lub Company in Portland . Dont know if they are still in business but sure is a good alternative to messing with a lot of liquid chemicals. The oder VJF/Uhs Handbooks mentioned it for plating Plate circuits for homemade amps. It will oxidize but still is a good conductor in that state/ Good luck, Dale k0jxi --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Oz-in-DFW <li...@...> wrote: > > > > On 7/14/2010 6:37 AM, N1BUG wrote: > > JG wrote: > > > >> Good fishing !!, or is your memory that good:) > >> > >> I poked "Ham Radio magazine" into Google > >> and found a few articles on silver plating > >> in this list: > >> http://webhome.idirect.com/~griffith/hr/hrind05.htm > >> > > > > "Safe, Sensible Silverplating" ... that rings a bell! That is the > > one I was thinking of. > > > > Feb 1985. Hmm. My guess of "mid 1980s" wasn't too far off the mark. > > Now if only I knew what I did yesterday. :-) > > > > > >> Now, here's the Million Dollar question.. > >> where are these articles archived ?? > >> > > Nowhere that I know of. > > > ARRL sells the complete archive on CD. $60 > > http://www.arrl.org/shop/Ham-Radio-CD-ROM-1984-1990/ > > -- > mailto:o...@... Oz > POB 93167 Southlake, TX 76092 (Near DFW Airport) >
