Hi Gary. I do not know anything about your exact cable but I had a
similar issue with some 75 ohm 7/8" armored hard-line that I have been
using for over 15 years now. Now you are going to cringe at my solution,
and I admit I am a hack but my solution was to use a small butane torch
to melt the dielectric out of the cable. I found it to be very
controllable and gave me exactly the results I needed. Here are a could
of pics showing how I used the cable. Also, note that in my case
standard hardware store copper fittings made ideal parts to use as I was
able to self thread the copper fitting into the ID of the hard-line. I
used the standard anti-oxidant goop before finally threading it in place.
These two images show the application of a standard N-connector onto the
hard-line, in other images I have (if you look on my pages) you can see
where I designed and built up transformers for 2m and 70 cm to use with
this cable.
http://w8bya.com/index.php/Misc/HAM-1/catv4
http://w8bya.com/index.php/Misc/HAM-1/catv4
Gedas, W8BYA
Gallery at http://w8bya.com
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On 5/23/2016 12:07 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
Hi,
I just obtained some Commscope FXL-780 smooth wall 7/8 hardline. No
connectors came with it.
I ordered some Commscope 78EZNF-N Female Connectors which are
designed for this cable, but what I'm not sure about is how to prep
the cable for these connectors unless you use the Commscope prep
tools to do this. I can only find very expensive tools for this and I
only need to attach a connector on each end and then the tool is
useless to me.
The connector is seen here:
http://www.commscope.com/catalog/wireless/product_details.aspx?id=1754
1
or use this link: http://tinyurl.com/zp35ev3
The foam has to be cored out, the jacket removed & I understand there
is a flaring to be made on the center conductor and also one on the
shield before joining the two halves of the connector. I'm not aware
of how you do this by hand without the speciality tools. I don't know
the dimensions or depths of the cuts/foam removal.
Any suggestions?
Thanks & 73,
Gary
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