Don't use steel wool. You will never get all the steel back out. Clean them with warm soapy water and let them dry well. The black you are seeing is probably silver oxide on the silver plating. Silver oxide conducts RF just fine. They can be really black and still work just fine.
At 01:51 AM 12/7/2009, you wrote: >Another issue I find myself with... > > > >Dude gives me 4 2.4GHz Andrews 90 degree sectors. Cool! But I have to take >them down if I want them. So I go to take them down. Hey! No LMR-400 on >these things! Just naked N connectors... WTF?! > > > >"Oh yeah, I put them up there but never got around to running any cable." >says Wisp operator useta-wannabe. > > > >Nice. They were up there naked since spring. Inside of the connectors look >"okay" but still not perfect. I read on the net about using alcohol, sounds >bogus unless I'm supposed to drink it until I no longer care. My first >thought is steel wool then I imagined myself striping the gold surface of >the interior. One connector is a bit black on the outside threads, I >attribute this to the large amount of bird crap on the radome. Fun. > > > >What's the right way to rehab these things? Never had to deal with this >before, I tape everything including the cat. > > > >Bob- > > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
