Thanks John,
Now if some of us only knew where we get a solder pot to pxxx, excuse me, dip
out coax in.
Terry
KI7M
> On December 8, 2018 at 7:13 AM John K9UWA <john@johnjeanantiqueradio.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
> >
> > What's the way to solder a UHF male?
> >
> > Rob
> > K5UJ
>
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