I'm in the process of re-doing a couple of coax runs and making a
permanent installation of everything that's currently just temporary,
thus will be making coax lengths exact and making a few jumpers, etc.
What I decided to do was get the right tools and then be able to
fabricate any jumper I need quickly and reliably.
I bought the Cablematic UT-8000 from DX Engineering and a crimp tool
with about 30 PL-259s for RG-213 from Joel at RFC. Sure it was a
little pricey, but I figure it's better to pay a lot once and be able
to do what I need fast and accurately. Including heat-shrink and
soldering the tips of each PL-259 I can bang one off in under 3
minutes. Heck, for $23 a pop, I should get into business making the
darned things!
>At 10:15 AM 10/18/2006, Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
>>
>>I checked the cablexperts price and they now want $23 for one 3 foot 213
>>jumper with the uhf males on the ends! ouch, what are the raw materials
>>costing, around $7?--that's a nice profit.
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Peter,
>W2IRT
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