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I believe the major factor would be age. Not yours, the coax! If the cable has been in situ for a good number of years, then replacement whilst the mast is down can only be a good investment. The copper in the cable age hardens becoming easily broken; additionally, the cable can start to...

Nothing new there then.

WRONG In Redruth......................sorry SP

Try: http://www.opieoils.co.uk/default.aspx Based in Truro, I believe SP

[ QUOTE ] , and I have grave doubts about he evaluation carried out by Qinetic. [/ QUOTE ] I'm sure that the radar experts at QinetiQ will be hugely concerned by your remarks. I mean, they've only been doing this since the development of radar, have millions of pounds of test equipment, are...

Now I have a more complete picture, no I would not say that you are being unreasonable, however, I stand by my original comments. For an engineer to lose a customer's property is unacceptable but I quite understand the wait; a very small job may wait in the wings for some time. Nevertheless, I...

Flossdog, my first recommendation to you would be for you to reconsider your attitude towards tradesmen. I worked in the marine leisure world for several years and was very dismayed at the number of customers who "pay good money but want top class work and to be treated as a valued customer"...

Cuddy, as you say, a bit of a dilemma! What I would do is attack the cheap options first. You said that the radio is quite old so I assume the aerial wiring is also old. Whilst the mast is down, remove the old aerial cable and replace with new and, at the same time, replace the aerial...

I would give Boat Electrics and Electronics a call. (01475 522268) They are based at Kip marina and regularly come to Adrossan. If you give them the measurements they can make them up and bring them down.

I did a quick search on silver-solder and discovered that, depending on its composition, silver-solder melts at anything between 580 and 870 C. So, as others have said, very carefully!

When I worked for British Airways (or BOAC as it was then), we used gallons of Rocket WD40 in liquid form, no spray cans! Very good at cleaning off corrosion. I seem to remember that we would wipe off as much of the stuff as possible afterwards in order not to leave too much of a film to...

Re: What\'s wrong with this picture... You lot are making me think I can't see straight. I look at the picture and can't see anything wrong with it at all! A normal bi-colour light with red on the port. I perceive the VHF aerial to be almost straight ahead, perhaps slightly right of centre...

I have fitted many an adverc system and, to date, have never had a problem with them. The only time a problem arose was when an owner changed the alternator without realising that it had gone from a positive regulation to a negative therefore the adverc did not work at all. With regard to is...

May I put something to you? As a marine electrician I am often sorting out battery problems caused by battery chargers, most commonly fried batteries caused by faults in cheap chargers. A 130 AH battery is not cheap therefore, if it were mine, I would want it to last as long as possible. Now...

Amphitrite is totally correct. Whilst doing my apprenceship as a radar technician in the 70s, we used to see these patterns very regularly as radars "saw" each other. There is a technical name for these patterns but, alas, my memory fails me. The reason that these are quite rare nowadays, is...