On the nickel plated ones take a file and remove the plating where you are
going to solder. The brass under it tines quite easily.
73
Gary K4FMX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson, K5UJ
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 6:53 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering RG213 to PL259
>
> I have been told that Amphenol quit making silver plated connectors
> several
> years ago. I hope this is incorrect, however any new UHF barrel and
> bullet
> and males I have seen from them lately have been nickel plated. I don't
> like the nickel plated stuff so I have been buying silver males and used
> bullets at flea markets and other silver adapters from various RF supply
> vendors on the internet. Nickel plating aside, the Amphenol construction
> is
> still good. On their bullets, the center contact tines are made to make
> good contact and they have multiple cuts. I suppose since you don't have
> to
> solder to it, an amphenol nickel plated barrel, bullet or series change
> adapter is okay. The ones that sell for a buck or two each at hamfests
> that
> have only two or four cuts and tines that bend apart are the junk to
> avoid.
> The two and four cut UHF jacks can be pretty annoying.
>
> 73,
>
> rob / k5uj
>
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