Howdy -- When I'm splicing non-RF cables - e.g. rotator control cables, SteppIR cables, etc. - I usually use good old crimp butt connectors. I've used hundreds of them over the years and never had a
Steve, Your comments on butt connectors are very timely. Any-old kind of butt connector ain't the same. Just completed an installation of tower/beam/rotator, etc. The rotator a Ham IV with the 9 pin
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I would suggest giving these connectors the "pull till it breaks" test. Make up a test connector and pull the wire till something gives. With a good crimp, the w
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- For those new to crimped connectors, the proper crimping tool is not the cheap kind sold at run of the mill hardware stores for ten bucks or less. The kind you w
I worked in the chemical industry for over 26 years. We used just a plain old crimper, not the combination wire stripper and crimper. They cost on the order of $20 and never had a problem with using
Could I just add that it's not only the crimp tool - it's the actual crimps. Some of those available at the mass outlet stores here (Ca**ian T*re, Wa**rt) are made of some highly inferior material an
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- "Knowing how to use it" is right, and that's why it should NEVER be used in critical applications. If you use the compound lever and ratchet type, "knowing how t