Type Ns with special "hogged out" (milled out) center pins are readily
available from a number of sources including The R.F. Connection in MD, who
almost always has them in stock for immediate shipment. I just use those.
Tinning and filing the center conductor probably works, but is awfully
labor-intensive. "Drilling" a hole in the center pin isn't going to work
using conventional tooling -- this is a really critical process and requires
a CNC machine and a fixture to clamp the pin. The resulting milled out pin
has *very* thin walls, if you "miss" by a few thousandths of an inch, you'll
break through the wall and have a pin headed for the trash can... -WB2WIK/6
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Mott [mailto:fredmottcpa@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:34 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] N-Connector & Belden 9913F7
How do you install a N-Connector onto a Belden 9913F7 coax. My 7 strand
center conductor will not fit into the center pin. Would it fit if I were
to drill the hole in the center pin? Any suggestions and installation
instructions would be of help. I read somewhere that some N-Connectors are
supplied with a spare pin just for coax cables that have a larger center
conductor, that's fine, but I don't have any such pins. Fred, AB8AH
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