[Amps] [TowerTalk] Ameriton RCS4 and N Connectors

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE: 
On Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:08:09 -0700, W7RT wrote:

>
>One more thing I forgot to mention about the PROPER installation of a 
>PL-259. Make sure you clean all the flux from the center pin after you 
>solder it!  Also, when soldering the center pin, DO NOT get solder on the 
>outside of the pin! And if you do, wipe it off while the solder is still 
>hot. If you don’t get it completely off, it will cause your female (adapter 
>of connector) receptacle pins to he flared out and cause poor connections in 
>the future. I really don’t like to file the solder off either. If the 
>connector is silver plated (which you should use) it will remove the silver 
>plating from the pin which is also not good.

REPLY: 
That's all good advice, but IMO there's an even better way. Use crimp-style
PL-259s. You do have to buy some extra tools and there is a short learning
curve, but I love them. I'll never go back to solder type. 

73, Bill W6WRT