Anyone have a leads to 1/2" aluminum bare hardline connectors in type N, F, or UHF? I have some I'd like to get in use instead of mowing around. Floyd Rodgers KC5QBC Multi ended candle burning artist
Here is a tip that may be of some help on connectors for CATV hardline. See if you can get your friendly cable guy to give you some entry connectors for the size hard line you have. The entry connect
For those not mechanically inclined, the two major manufacturers of CATV hardline connectors make a cable to PL259 and/or SO239 connector. They are, however, on the pricey side. Try Gilbert Engineeri
Yes. Credit K9UWA and W9LT for this idea. Assuming it's really a little over 3/4" like most CATV 75-ohm hardline, use a 1/2 inch water pipe to 1/2 inch copper tubing plumbing adaptor (Home Depot item
Fellow tower talkians,this will be my first attempt at requesting info from Tower Talk.I hope someone can help me.I recently aquired a large amount of CATV hardline.I need to adapt the hardline to st
Bob, I picked up about 3000' of .860 CATV from a cable company about 15 miles away last summer. I had the same questions that you are asking. My solution was to use copper plumbing tubing (one inch d
Well, I have seen and read about ever scheme there is to make connectors. I like the copper plumbing method the best. Using copper pipe fittings, one can make about anything with a drill, a couple o
-- To: <towertalk@contesting.com> where.Has I one of to that, was out Ditto and it works, Good Luck! Mike, K0TQ Trustee of above mentioned repeater -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkf
If it's 75-ohm, 3/4" aluminum-jacketed CATV line, there's an easy solution, told to me by K9UWA. Use copper 1/2" water pipe to 1/2" copper tubing adaptors and Amphenol (other brands won't work) barre
The most elegant method is to use CATV connectors slightly modified. I use CATV Pin connectors with "B-body", 50 ohm N connectors screwed on the end. This is the real deal. This gives you the waterti
i bot/used commercial 75 ohm tv hdline conn's and found that they are not uoto the job....although they look good they are not designed to handle power......better/cheaper solution are the home brew
What power levels are you talking about and at what freq's? Paul WG0G/W2 i bot/used commercial 75 ohm tv hdline conn's and found that they are not uoto the job....although they look good they are not
-- I disagree. It's true that these connectors are not designed for high power but I use several different sizes of CATV hardline with commercial connectors from Gilbert Engineering. I've been dumpin
I disagree. Of course, I'm running only 1.5kw RTTY output, not 10kw or more. :) If you stick with the PIN connectors that are specifically made for your cable (ie. just having a 3/4 inch connector fo
I have managed to amass some surplus CATV 75 ohm half inch and three quarter inch unjacketed hardline and I am in need of small numbers of good hardline connectors. They dont appear to be available l
Gary I have a bag of splices, ends and a never used coring tool for bare Al 3/4" What are you looking for? I'd rather part with the whole mess since I am not using that here. Bill K2EK **Check out AO
Any new/old information out there on building CATV Hardline Connectors. In the past I have used CATV pin connectors with a PL259 barrel, a double female connector. What I am looking for is a source f
Tom, What Size CATV line ? Wayne , Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 Any new/old information out there on building CATV Hardline Connectors. In the past I