[Antennas] Aluminum antenna "grease"?

Fri Nov 17 19:26:58 EST 2006

Hi All,
Today I pulled down all my HF antennas, including the roof mounted Butternut 
HF-2V down to get them out of the way of some "Mobile home Maintenance" (new 
siding etc.) that is being done next week. The HF-2V has only been up a 
year or less and is still shiny and "new-like".
I cleaned off all the old Butternut copper colored "It's not Butter" 
conductive or 'anti-oxidant' grease while dis-assembling it. Man, that 
stuff gets on everything when you touch it!
Yes, I still have some of the Butternut stuff left, though I don't think 
enough to re-assemble the antenna. When I installed the old Hustler 6BTV a 
number of years ago I used "GB Ox-Gard" anti-oxidant grease that is made for 
aluminum house wiring and which is available at the local hardware store. 
It goes on as a greenish-black grease as opposed to the pretty copper 
colored stuff from Butternut.
Question. Is the Butternut stuff "better" (it's prettier :) than the 
Ox-Gard, is there a better product than OX-Gard available in hardware stores 
or should I just bite the bullet and order some more "It's not butter" from 
Butternut (I think it's rather pricey). Once I put the HF-2V back up I 
don't want to have to pull it down for service for quite some time!
73 de Phil, KO6BB
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