[TowerTalk] Making rotator loops separate

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/31/03 10:36:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mcduffie at actcom.net writes:

> > Pl-259's are notorious for coming loose anyway, and in the loop 
environment
>  > you're just asking for trouble.
>  
>  I've NEVER had a PL come loose on me, even the ones that weren't
>  taped.  I put them on as tight as my hands will do it without tools,
>  and that's it.  Properly installed, they shouldn't come loose with
>  layers of tape over them anyway.

    Well, you've been lucky. Hand-tight is NOT recommended. Use the 2-plier 
technique to 'gently' seat them with a barrel connector and 1-plier on baluns, 
etc. 

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
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