Generic Pl-259 Yikes... Why wait till amphenol changes there design, Just grab
a die grinder with a pencil tip tool or appropriate size drill and enlarge
the holes. So they fit your trusty Weller soldering tip. Been doing it for
YEARS
Wayne W3EA
> From: K7LXC@aol.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:01:54 -0400> To:
> towertalk@contesting.com> Subject: [TowerTalk] PL-259's> > Howdy --> > I had
> to buy a couple of generic non-silver plated, non-Teflon inserted > PL-259's
> and discovered that instead of the dinky little round holes in the > body
> that they had 2 rectangular slots that were big enough to poke a > soldering
> gun tip into with no problem. What a revolutionary idea! It worked great. >
> It solves all of the braid attachment problems. Wish someone made a silver >
> plated, Teflon inserted PL-259 with rectangular slots. > > Cheers,> Steve
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