TYPO on last post: PL-239's should read PL-259...
Got my plug in the wrong socket...(:->
73s de Jim
W5IFP
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jim Hargrave
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 1:03 PM
> To: k3lr@k3lr.com; TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Cc: 'Don Daso'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tool to tighten PL-259 connectors
>
>
> Tim,
>
> I use an old Tube puller. Remember when TV's had tubes?
> The puller is for hot tubes and the business end is rubber
> dipped. It works
> great on close coax connectors and removing light bulbs from open bottom
> outdoor fixtures.
>
> If you can get to the sides of each connector, an automotive
> Valve retaining
> long nose pliers works also. It is a duck billed long nose with
> cupped ends
> and works on PL-239's pretty well.
>
> 73s de Jim
> W5IFP
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Tim Duffy K3LR
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 12:41 PM
> > To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> > Cc: 'Don Daso'
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Tool to tighten PL-259 connectors
> >
> >
> > I have several coax switches that have the female UHF
> > connectors (SO-239)
> > mounted right next to each other - in a cluster of 10 or 12
> > connectors/cables.
> >
> >
> >
> > This makes it hard to insure each coax cable with a male
> UHF connector
> > (PL-259) is properly tight.
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you know of a tool that is made (maybe a Craftsmen
> > automotive tool?) that
> > would allow an extended grab of the shell of a PL-259 that
> would insure
> > proper tight torque in a "tight" cluster of connectors?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks and 73,
> >
> > Tim K3LR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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