Since you asked. In my antenna system I have about 500 PL-259 connectors.
99% of them are King Silver Teflon connectors. I built the system in 1988 and
1989. So almost all of it is 30 years old. To Date I have had three failures
all due
to water getting into the connectors cable and one rusted out Ameritron RSC8V
switchbox. That out of 18 of these RCS8V relay boxes. Many of them I modified
to
phase switching for the multiple stacks of yagi's. Total of 23 yagi's 40-10m
wires
for 80/160.
#1 use good cable
#2 prep and install of PL-259 connectors.
A. strip outer insulation.
B. Dip quickly in and out of Solder Pot which instantly 100% tins the braid
C. Cut Shield of coax to correct length with a tubing cutter and screw the
coax
into the Coax fitting.
D. Solder quickly all 4 holes. I use a 550 watt Wall Solder Gun
E. Solder the center conductor.
All main runs of coax on 20-10m are 3/4" CATV hardline cut to half wave
mults.
All Fittings on the ends of the 3/4" coax are home brew from Plumbing fittings
and
Amphenol Barrell connectors. Never had one fail yet in 30 years and only three
failures of PL/Tee/SO connectors and they were due to water getting into the
connectors. The failures after 30 years were do my tape job on the fittings.
Not to
the method of install or the connectors.
John k9uwa
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> What's the way to solder a UHF male?
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
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