Compression tool was on sale last week for $17 down from about $65. They
came out with a new model and the old one works just fine.
Bill Marx W2CQ
Roger (K8RI) wrote:
> Barrie Smith wrote:
>
>> I recently purchased 200' of RG-6 from Lowes for a receiving antenna.
>>
>> The braid is real strange stuff. Looks, act and feels like steel. I can't
>> get ordinary, resin-core solder to attach at all. The solder just beads up
>> and falls off.
>>
>>
> It's really meant for the cheap, crimp connectors, but works well with
> the compression F connectors (bout 50 cents each but take a relatively
> pricey insertion tool) which are more or less water proof or at least
> resistant. Quality adapters from the good F connectors to UHF connectors
> are hard to find. All I've seen were of the Radio Shack variety.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>> Any suggrstions as to how to solder this stuff?
>>
>> 73, Barrie, W7ALW
>>
>>
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