Source for Tacky Tape

[Birken Vogt]

I am looking for a source and/or product name for the somewhat thick and quite sticky tape/putty that comes with some feedline kits. The most recent place I have been robbing it is from Andrew branded hardline grounding kits. I have tried Scotch-fil from the electrical supply house, not sticky enough. I bought some silicone self-fusing tape from Talley, not sticky at all. There must be a place we can get meaningful rolls of this stuff.

[Bill_G]

It's called butyl tape, and you can find it at roofing supply and other home improvement stores including Home Depot. Comes in various widths.

[mike m]

Online ham radio outlet, DX Enginering both carry it.

[SteveC0625]

I am looking for a source and/or product name for the somewhat thick and quite sticky tape/putty that comes with some feedline kits. The most recent place I have been robbing it is from Andrew branded hardline grounding kits. I have tried Scotch-fil from the electrical supply house, not sticky enough. I bought some silicone self-fusing tape from Talley, not sticky at all. There must be a place we can get meaningful rolls of this stuff.

If it is the stuff that is like putty and about 1/4" thick, as Bill_G said, it's butyl putty tape. A real good source for it is any RV dealer's parts counter. The stuff is used extensively in the manufacture and repair of all RV's.

[FMROB]

I'm lost. Are you talking about the electrical tape or black play dough like butyl.

In either case both can be found from tessco in complete weathproofing kits with multiple rolls of electric and butyl, or just be themselves.

For example Tessco #18264 will weatherproof multiple connections for you.

Here is a complete list of what they offer http://www.tessco.com/products/displayP ... upId=18567

Rob

[mike m]

here is the HRO version which I use, it keeps the pacific Northwest moisture and Arizona southwest[*] Us dust out of all of my cable and connectors just fine.

http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-010683

[Birken Vogt]

I haven't tried all of those but I have some of them. The silicone was not sticky at all. I want the stuff that sticks to your fingers, tools, the connector, everything, and easily fuses into a solid mass whether or not you have wrapped it tightly. (I just like the way it works up better than the non-sticky ones.) I may try the stuff from RFS since they made the grounding kits I am robbing, but it is hard to tell; the pictures all look the same. Can anyone tell me for sure if one of these is the finger-sticky stuff?

[FMROB]

Thats it. It is like play dough, and if you stuck it directly on a connector it would becomes a stuck on mess, hence the first wrap of tape over the connector. The weatherproof kits above are the same material that come with ground kits. The have different thicknesses and widths, but accomplish all the same function.

[Bill_G]

That's the stuff. It's like tar. The fresher it is, the stickier it is. Butyl tape. Has lots of applications including sealing antenna connectors, automobile windshields, roof and window seals, etc. Home Depot is where to go when you need a bunch of it NOW.