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Re: [TowerTalk] Fw: CATV Hardline: connectors?

To: K8RI on Tower talk <k8ri-tower@charter.net>, w2ttt@arrl.net,TOWERTALK@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fw: CATV Hardline: connectors?
From: Hector Garcia XE2K <j_hector_garcia@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:16:23 -0800 (PST)
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Roger:
that homebrew 3/4 CATV Hardline connectors looks very
nice.
i will follow your idea to fix other i did in the past

tnx for sharing your ideas

--- K8RI on Tower talk <k8ri-tower@charter.net> wrote:

> 
> Unfortunately I don't have a photo of the half inch
> coupling, although if 
> need be I could make up a connector and shoot some
> photos (if I can find 
> some half inch stuff.
> 
> The compression coupling is "double ended" and
> designed to join to 1/2" 
> tubes.   Each end is tapered inside and has a
> ferrule held in place by a 
> nut.  When the nut is tightened the furred is
> compressed and gets smaller in 
> diameter.  I use have of a 3.4" coupling and barrel
> connector to make 
> fittings for 3/4" hard line. Of that I have some
> photos. 
> http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/conn.htm
>   They are just about the right size to nicely grab
> the 1/2" aluminum 
> hardline shield and the back end of a pl259. 
> Basically I put the back end 
> of the 259 into one end of the coupling and tighten
> it down keeping the 
> connector straight.  It is a tiny bit undersize and
> sometimes with want to 
> turn a bit, but it's close enough in size that the
> fitting will grab it 
> tightly.
> 
> Come to think of it, I have some couplings and
> PL259s and that is the part 
> you need to see anyway.  I could put one of those
> together, shoot a couple 
> of photos and just add them to the above page.
> 
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
> N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
> www.rogerhalstead.com
> > Roger,
> > Do you have a picture?
> > I'm not sure what you mean by a 1/2 compression
> fitting.
> > Perhaps you can clarify?
> > 73 esTNX!
> > Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
> > 201.314.6964
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of K8RI on Tower talk
> > Sent: Sunday, 19 February, 2006 01:22
> > To: Hector Garcia XE2K; Mike Bragassa, K5UO;
> towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fw: CATV Hardline:
> connectors?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Mike:
> >> that 1/2 inch 75 ohms cable  is very easy to put
> >> connectors
> >>
> >> cut the cable , remove 1 inch of jacket,  use a
> dremel
> >> or any other tool that can remove the foam
> insulator
> >> around 3/4 inch deep  don't cute or damage the
> center
> >
> > I treat it just like installing a pl-259, but add
> a 1/2 compression
> > coupling. Clamp the coax in one end and the pl259
> in the other. Leave 
> > enough
> >
> > center conductor sticking out to allow soldering
> to the center pin of the
> > pl-259.  As far as stripping back the foam you
> have lots of leeway.
> >
> > I've used that method here with no problems and
> you don't have the trouble
> > of cleaning out the foam inside the jacket.
> >
> > Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
> > N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
> > www.rogerhalstead.com
> >
> >
> >> , is aluminun copper cladd  use an UHF barrel 
> that
> >> fit in the center conductor , in this steep , you
> can
> >> desansembly this one and solder the center of the
> >> barrel to the center conductor in the coax or 
> just
> >> put in under presure , later use a clamp to leave
> firm
> >> the barrel in the soft aluminum of the coax.
> >>
> >> there in the google you can find several ways to
> do it
> >> , also a copper plumbing option and other similar
> that
> >> works, the one i try to explain is very easy and
> you
> >> don't need a university degree to do it
> >>
> >> good luck
> >>
> >> --- "Mike Bragassa, K5UO"
> <bragassa@consolidated.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Subject: CATV Hardline: connectors?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I was able to pickup 350 feet of "TFC-T10-500JB"
> >>> CATV coax for a run to a
> >>>  80m vertical I am building.. I see I.C.E. has
> >>> transformers for 75-50 Ohm
> >>>  conversion. Good. Delivery??
> >>>
> >>>  Question: How can I fit PL-259's to this cable?
> >>> Where may I locate come
> >>>  papers on this subject?
> >>>
> >>>  The cable is TFC - T10-500JB
> >>>
> >>>  T10 = type of cable (semi flex) - well, that
> >>> depends)
> >>>  500 = 1/2" diameter
> >>>  J = jacketed (black rubber around the aluminum)
> >>>  B = suitable for direct burial
> >>>
> >>>  Thanks for any suggestions, data sources, etc..
> >>>
> >>>  Mike Bragassa, K5UO
> >>> >
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