I am about to make a bunch of coax assemblies for the latest antenna projects at NK7U. Joe and I were talking about putting shrink tubing over the end of the coax and up over the end of the PL-259. W
Yes and Yes. I use the 3M variety. http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/connectors.htm that contains a lining of hot melt glue (IOW flooded) It adds strength and weather proofing to the connections
Hi Scott, I've had good and not so good experiences with using shrink tubing on PL-259. The good is with the really heavy duty "flooded" variety. It is flooded with adhesive that really bonds the tub
Go to the electrical supply houses. The stuff that is large enough to fit over a PL-259, or even LMR-600 connector and shrink to less than a 1/4", very heavy duty and costs about $10 for a 4' length.
Hi Scott Seems to me that I saw somewhere a sealer that went inside the shrink tube. Then when you heat the tubing, it shrunk and kept the sealer inside. 73 tom W7WHY ________________________________
Hot melt glue, from a glue gun. It can be used with plain heat shrink sleeving, or to fill gaps inside sleeving that already has a thin lining of glue. For "heavy duty" applications, almost all conne
I wrap all connections with electrical tape before doing any additional weatherproofing. But I use the following trick to ensure clean connectors if ever need to open the connection/splice. Beginning