[TowerTalk] Cheap alternative to LDF750 (1 5/8") Andrew connectors?

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/6/00 1:14:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, fox@obsolete.org 
writes:

> Has anyone found another way to terminate Andrews LDF750 1 5/8" 
>  hardline, without using the $275.00 - $300.00 connectors? 

    While it's pretty easy to homebrew a connector for CATV coax since it has 
a smooth aluminum shield, the Andrew cables are corrugated and more difficult 
to homebrew a connector for. 

    My Hutton catalog lists N female connectors for $151 each. They don't 
have a UHF connector for the 1-5/8" Heliax. 
>  
>  Would it be anyway possible to use assorted plumbing fittings 
>  to make a hacked up connector? 

    Sure.

>  Of course, I don't want to loose
>  the dBs to bad connectors. 

    How loose do you want them?

>  Does LDF750 relate in any way to 
>  all the stories that I've heard about 75ohm CATV hardline?

    What stories? 

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
Tower Tech 


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