[TowerTalk] nickel vs silver PL259s

[wa4dou@juno.com]

Hi Rick,
  If they were mine i'd ditch them and use silver plated teflon
dielectric pl-259's. The nickel plating can be filed away and it might
not be a bad idea to tin the brass, but either way, they require more
heat. Silver plated teflon dielectric connectors cost about $1.00-$1.50
each throughout the south. After using over 1000 connectors, i see no
magic in Amphenol, but perhaps i've not seen every other brand in all of
creation. I personally dislike mica and bakelite dielectric(dark blue,
green and/or brown). G/L 73 Roy WA4DOU

On 26 Jul 2000 15:02:54 -0000 rick@area.com writes:
> 
> I need to install a bunch of PL259s on some Bury Flex coax.
> I have a bunch of nickel plated ones in my junk box that
> don't solder worth a darn.  Is there any particular trick
> to getting these to work (such as more heat, activated rosin
> flux, sanding off the oxide first, etc)?  Or should I 
> donate these connectors to some worthy cause like the local
> CB club and use silver plated connectors exclusively?
> 
> Rick Karlquist N6RK
> rick@area.com
> www.karlquist.com
> 
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