[TowerTalk] LMR- 600 Ultraflex

[JamesMNelson]

Bill,

 As I remember LMR600 is not much different than LMR400. If I remember
correctly, the only big difference is that LMR600s dielectric is a little
bit thicker; therefore the cable itself is a little bit larger. I have not
had any problems working with it that I recall. It has been a couple of
years so my memory is a little foggy. As I remember tessco sells a tool that
makes the job a breeze. It is a little silver looking tube. There are blades
on each end. One end takes off the urethane and the other cuts the shield,
dielectric, and champs the center pin. Check them out a www.tessco.com. I
hope that this is helpful and if I can help farther please let me know.


Thanks,
 
 
james//
 
 
James M. Nelson
KE4GWW
ke4gww at arrl.net
 

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Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:45 PM
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Subject: [TowerTalk] LMR- 600 Ultraflex

Recently I posted about the problem I was having with the defective LMR400 
Ultraflex cracking, and how times was going to send me 450 feet of really
nice 
upgraded stuff.

Today, I received an email saying that they did not have any of the upgraded

really nice stuff in the 400 size, but would send it the upgraded stuff in
LMR 
600.  I know the regular 259s do not fit the 600 stuff, so I would need to 
get 30 UHF fittings for the LMR600 and I told them that.

They have agreed to supply 30 of the UHF fittings for LMR600 for free if I 
want to take the LMR600 stuff.  The problem is, I have never worked with 
installing the fittings on LMR600.  I can do the PL259s in my sleep, but am
concerned 
that the LMR600 UHF fittings might be a major pain.  

Has anyone messed with these and if so, how much of a pain are they?

Bill K4XS
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