Hi 
     I have had good luck with electrical tape in the past. I rarely ever
have the advantage of the conductive grease. My hunch is that you should be
just fine for a few years. By that point one can bring up the idea that you
want to have all your connections rechecked, and with the time delay it
won't be offensive. 

God bless and 73,
Mark

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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 7:30 PM
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Subject: Small dilemma; Need some advice

Hi, all.

Well, to make a very long story short, I have decided to take my troublesome

Carolina Windom 160 compact antenna down, and am in the process of replacing

it with a 160-meter sloper, and an 80-meter sloper that I purchased at a 
swap in my area last week-end.

We are in the middle of the antenna replacement process, but I'm hoping it 
should be done by later tomorrow.

All has gone well, except for one small issue, which I'm torn about how to 
deal with.  This is the kind of issue where we've all been there when trying

to deal with volunteer help who doesn't do things like we would.

Anyway, my friend installed the 160-meter sloper at the top of my 40-foot 
mast, but when I asked him how he sealed the coax connection at the feed 
point, he said that he coated the connector with a dialectric grease, and 
then tightly wrapped three layers of electrical tape around the connection. 
The tape he used was some real good 3 M tape that I had gotten a while ago. 
I had wanted him to put coax seal on top of the tape, but he would not do 
it, arguing that what he did should be fine.

Obviously, my concern is that the electrical tape eventually will 
deteriorate, and let water into the connection.

I'm trying to figure out a tactful way to bring up this issue again with him

when he comes back tomorrow, but, at the same time, I don't want to offend 
him, since he has done so much for me already.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to tactfully handle the situation? 
Obviously, if just having the electrical tape was good enough, I wouldn't 
stress about it, but I would sure hate to be introducing unnecessary 
problems into the situation here.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ