I have had good luck using the screw-on F connectors.
Jim - W5IFP
w5ifp@gvtc.com
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bill
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 7:44 AM
> To: Tower and HF antenna construction topics.
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RG-6
>
>
> Compression tool was on sale last week for $17 down from about $65. They
> came out with a new model and the old one works just fine.
> Bill Marx W2CQ
>
>
>
> Roger (K8RI) wrote:
> > Barrie Smith wrote:
> >
> >> I recently purchased 200' of RG-6 from Lowes for a receiving antenna.
> >>
> >> The braid is real strange stuff. Looks, act and feels like
> steel. I can't
> >> get ordinary, resin-core solder to attach at all. The solder
> just beads up
> >> and falls off.
> >>
> >>
> > It's really meant for the cheap, crimp connectors, but works well with
> > the compression F connectors (bout 50 cents each but take a relatively
> > pricey insertion tool) which are more or less water proof or at least
> > resistant. Quality adapters from the good F connectors to UHF
> connectors
> > are hard to find. All I've seen were of the Radio Shack variety.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Roger (K8RI)
> >
> >> Any suggrstions as to how to solder this stuff?
> >>
> >> 73, Barrie, W7ALW
> >>
> >>
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