Roger:
Yes, you are correct. It was N conncetors that I had been crimping. But
I'd also use the same method for PL-259s when the need arises. Borrowing the
club's crimper makes the decision a lot less painful, I'll admit.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
From: Roger D Johnson <n1rj@roadrunner.com>
Date: 2007/06/21 Thu AM 09:23:33 CDT
To: Towertalk Reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crimp or Solder
Gene Smar wrote:
> Greg:
>
> A few months back I did up a set of such crimp connectors for our club's
> repeater's main site (4 UHF link RXs.) I was impressed with the ease with
> which the connectors all went together. The trick is to get the proper
> length of the center insulator so that the center tip (which must be
> soldered) locks into position when the connector is assembled. I had to redo
> the first three connectors after I learned that the center pins snapped into
> place.
>
> I measured the jumper cables' loss with my MFJ-259 and they were all
> below the loss I measured for the pre-assembled jumper I used as my model.
>
> I have some coax cable work to do on the tower this summer, and I will
> certainly ask to borrow the club's crimper tool to install the PL-259s.
>
> BTW - Our club bought the connectors and tool from Joel at The RF
> Connection ( www.therfc.com .)
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
You must have been doing type N connectors.
73, Roger
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