[Paddlewise] VHF damage

From: John Kirk-Anderson <jka_at_netaccess.co.nz>
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1904 00:11:30 +1300
Help!!!

I have just returned from a paddle and roll session, during which my Apelco
520 VHF was on my buoyancy vest. It was scanning the whole time, and
receiving loud and clear.

On getting home I turned it on again to discharge the battery before
recharging. The speaker stopped working, a repeat of a problem that I had
repaired under warranty last year.

I took the battery off and discovered it was bubbling from under a contact,
up into the contacts of the radio body.

How do I clean the contacts, to stop any corrosion, without doing further
damage?

Cheers

John Kirk-Anderson
Banks Peninsula
NEW ZEALAND

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