On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:10 AM, JOHN POWELL <john.powell@kinect.co.nz>
wrote:
>
> I have accessed Murray's You Tube production by using Google Search
> facilities, entering "PL-259 connector installation W9ehq". Bingo
> straight to the You Tube item. Very interesting and informative.
>
And complete overkill. How many tools did he use in that video? Soldering
iron, razor blade, air compressor, Dremel tool, file, pliers, dikes. I
especially like how he cuts through the tinned braid and dielectric by free
handing a Dremel tool with a cut-off wheel--I'll bet your average ham would
have no problems with that move. ;-)
I'm perplexed, but not really surprised, that hams still insist on using
this kind of backwoods engineering when a better way has been available for
decades. I guess old habits die hard.
73,
Jerry
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