[TenTec] Connector tightening

[Richards]

I agree.   Just a "smidge,"  especially if they get any lateral stress 
or wiggling over time.

As a new ham, I encountered some problems I could not resolve, including 
poor tuner performance,  transceiver shut down, and some stray RF. 
Bob, K4TAX, on the Omni VII group suggested a cure - re-seat and really 
tighten down all coax connections.    Bang.   No more problems. 
Sometimes I have gotten some odd readings on my antenna analyzer because 
I did not snug up the connector.

So not over-tight, but definitely snugged up, works best.

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Happy Trails.
=======================  Richards / K8JHR  =========================

On 7/28/2011 01:26, n8cc at mei.net wrote:

> My experience has been, if I go 'just a smidge' past finger tight
> with a small pair of 'puppy dog' pliers, and come back a year later,
> ten out of ten UHF connectors will still be finger tight.
>
> On the other hand, if I just go 'finger tight', a year later, nine
> out of ten connectors will still be finger tight, and the tenth one
> will invariably be 150 feet up my tower.  Put me in the 'just a bit
> more than finger tight' camp.

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