Hi Jim et al
Your right on there. I bought some PL259's at a hamfest here last summer.
They had a nice white dielectric and I thought it was teflon. When I tried
to solder the coax to the connector, the dielectric melted! It was some
kind of plastic. 73
Tom W7WHY
>
> John, you don't get it. We aren't talking about bakelite, we're talking
> plastic that melts when you try to solder it! Heck, I'd be THRILLED by
> bakelite! We're talking IMITATIONS of the real thing. They LOOK like real
> connectors, but they DON'T WORK!
>
> 73,
>
> Jim K9YC
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