Another thing to watch for is that the teeth of the PL259 and SO239 are meshed
properly and not sit on top of each other.
One little bump and you have a loose connection.
Tony VE3DWI
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:29:06
To: <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>; Discussion of Ten-Tec
Equipment<tentec@contesting.com>
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Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Connector tightening
> For any type of quality RF connector (this does NOT include "UHF"
> PL-255/SO-239 connectors) with knurled shells, additional tightening
> beyond finger tight does not help to make a better connection.
Oops...I meant PL-259, not 255
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