Are you thinking of DeOxit ? Thin red liquid that has been around for years and great for cleaning and protecting . Not messy. Noalox is for aluminum electrical connections. Look up DeOxit and I think you will see this is what would be the proper product.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM Drew AF2Z <[email protected]> wrote: > NO-OX-ID contact grease is the stuff. Works great for RF and audio > connectors. > > 73, > Drew/AF2Z > > > > On 6/8/2025 17:27, Ray Maxfield wrote: > > Hi Jim and GP. > > I would only use No-Oxide "type grease" on the TMP connectors. > > A very lite coat is all that is needed. > > > > Ray WA6VAB K3 > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, June 8, 2025 1:11 PM > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TMP connectors > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > The last time I re-plugged those connectors after having my K3's sub > out, I > > did apply a small amount of dielectric grease to the tip and the shell. > Just > > used very little smear (not a glob) on the tip of my finger to touch > those > > parts. That also made correct and full insertion easier. > > > > Contacts use pressure to squoosh their little conductive hills into/onto > the > > mating surface. After that, they need protection from atmospheric and > > moisture deterioration. The grease keeps it from reaching those > microscopic > > areas as it gets pushed aside all around of where they squoosh. > > > > I've been using it on outdoor coax connectors for ages, and recenrly on > the > > braid of crimp-on connectors before crimping. Never had an issue . > > > > 73, > > Chet, N8RA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > On > > Behalf Of Jim Rhodes > > Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 10:26 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Elecraft] TMP connectors > > > > My K3 does not get a lot of use anymore because its spot on the desk has > > been taken by the K4D. Now the K4 has been at the mothership and the K3 > was > > perking along just fine and then went silent suddenly. No receive, no > > transmit. I opened it up and poked around a bit the next day with the > top > > cover off and all of a sudden the receive started crackling and transmit > was > > fine. Buttoned it back up and it worked fine during off and on use for a > > few days, then it went quiet again after an all day stretch. So I popped > > the top and twisted all of the TMP connectors that I could reach, > powered it > > up and it has been working fine again. > > My question to the group is: Has anyone ever gone to the trouble of > treating > > all of those pesky little connectors with some kind of dialectric grease > to > > keep them from this kind of behavior? By the time you add the second > > receiver and the 2 meter board there gets to be a lot of the little > buggers > > in there and most of them are hard to get at. Seems like it might be a > good > > project to try now that the K4 is on its way home again. > > > > Jim K0XU > > [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message > > delivered to [email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
