Mike, I have to say my experiences with crimp-on connectors has ranged from
convenient to catastrophic failure, with the latter being commonplace. I'd
say about 75% of the crimp connectors have failed within the three years
they've been installed, both inside and outside. Once any stress goes on the
cable (just gravity for the most part), it's just been a matter of time
before it fails in my experience. I'm using connectors from The RF
Connection as well as the crimp tool they provided and I use a cable-prep
tool from DX Engineering. This summer all my remaining crimp-on connectors
will be cut off and new solder-type (inside) and clamp-type connectors
(outside) will go on instead. I'm quite intrigued about this new clamp type
and I'd personally like to get more first-hand experiences before
shotgunning out all the existing connectors.
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- pjd
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 3:28 PM
To: towertalk reflector
Subject: [TowerTalk] Crimp-on PL259
As part of my tower refurbishment I'm giving crimp connectors (NOT clamp) a
try. The
first 3 went really smoothly.
No. 4 however had a problem. When I squeezed the crimper, it was like trying
to crush
a ground rod. The sleeve was barely deformed. Crimping further away from the
body,
over the coax jacket, was normal, but not where it should be.
The coax is Buryflex, and the connector fit it well. All the connectors were
ordered
at the same time, and the ones I have left seem to be the same diameters.
Anybody have an idea what I ran into?
73, Mike NF4L
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