Cleaning a Female BNC Coax Connector?

[W. eWatson]

The male and female parts of the connector are used together outdoors.
There's no trouble disconnecting them, but they are both yellowed (rust?),
so the connection seems broken. The male part was easily dealt with by some
emery cloth. The female part has two cylinders, the outer one and another
about 1/8" away. Cleaning in there is tricky with emery cloth. My smallest
file won't fit. Ideas?

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Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)

(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>

 

[W. eWatson]

The male and female parts of the connector are used together outdoors.
There's no trouble disconnecting them, but they are both yellowed
(rust?), so the connection seems broken. The male part was easily dealt
with by some emery cloth. The female part has two cylinders, the outer
one and another about 1/8" away. Cleaning in there is tricky with emery
cloth. My smallest file won't fit. Ideas?

I found an extra and noted it could be unscrewed. All works fine.

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Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)

(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>

 

[Jasen Betts]

The male and female parts of the connector are used together outdoors.
There's no trouble disconnecting them, but they are both yellowed (rust?),
so the connection seems broken. The male part was easily dealt with by some
emery cloth.

you've just stripped the remains of the plating from that part.

The female part has two cylinders, the outer one and another

about 1/8" away. Cleaning in there is tricky with emery cloth. My smallest
file won't fit. Ideas?

replace them both with something weatherproof.

Bye.
Jasen