"NOALOX" - No Aluminum Oxide Originally designed for Al-Cu (aluminum-copper) electrical outlets, etc., that were used with aluminum electrical wire & copper-plated electrical outlets & wall switches (

Contacts on today's electronics & communications equipment are gold-plated. Therefore, when 'cleaning' them, one must observe caution. Gold is one of the metals used in plating that does NOT corrode,

"The natural tendency when signals are weak is to talk louder into the microphone. This is absolutely the worst possible thing to do!" Absolutely correct !!!! Pull the mic away, or speak softer.

1. Confirm w/the repeater's owner the actual repeater's receiver's decode CTCSS frequency. 100 Hz may be the preferred tone in some areas but I have found many New England rptrs use 162.2 or 71.9. 2.