----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sanford" wb4gcs@amsat.org To: microwave@wa1mba.org; "'Amsat - BBs'" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:51 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] cleaning coax connectors
All: Seeking advice on a cleaning solution for N-connectors which have been stored on cable in a barn and show a little verdigris. That is, they have been protected from direct rain, but not ambient humidity.
I considered some TV-tuner and control cleaner I have here, but that leaves a libricating residue with unknown effects on dielectric behavior, etc.
Surely somebody's been thru this before!
Any suggestions?
(Yes, I'm digging out stuff for the FD satellite station . . ..)
Thanks & 73, Jim wb4gcs@amsat.org
Hi Jim, WB4GCS
From GORE-TEX microwave test cable
CLEANING
DO:
First try compressed air only Use pure isopropanol with cotton swabs Clean connector threads Dry with compressed air
DO NOT
Use any abrasives, chlorinated solvents, or lubricants Get isopropanol into plastic support beads Blow into connectors Tap connectors to remove debris
73" de
i8CVS Domenico