[TowerTalk] LMR 400

[J. Hector Garcia XE2K]

Tom:

the LMR 400 is the best coax to install  PL-259, not the flexible  , that is a little problematic for the soft jacket.

to install  a pl 259 i just cut 3/4 inch  jacket-braid-foil-insulator leaving only the center, take care the center is aluminum with copper clad,  leave clean , cut 1/2 inch jacket  not the braid, check for no short in the foil  insulator and center,  install the conector , get a vise grip and tight the connector at maximum , later use your iron and you are done.

is faster to install connectors  than any other coax, 



On 08 Aug 2005 20:23 PDT you wrote:

> Fellow Tower Talkians:
> 
> I recently bought 100 feet of LMR 400 to feed a 2m/400 vertical on top 
> of my tower at 70 feet.  Going to have to cut it to feed it through the 
> wall and solder on a new PL259 once I get it through the wall feed 
> through.  Any problems soldering it, getting LMR 400 into a PL259?  Been 
> using RG213 in the past.  I had heard rumors that soldering LMR400 could 
> be a pain?
> 
> Tom, WW5L
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