[TowerTalk] Soldering and checking PL-259

[Tom Rauch]

> Tom - what sort of high voltage source do you use for this
testing?  I see a
> few hi-pot testers on ebay from time to time and wonder
what would be
> adequate for testing vacuum caps and other things such as
the connectors.

While I have hi-pot testers, I often use a small surplus 12
volt to 18kV power supply originally used for copiers. I
just vary the input voltage.

I use it because it can run from nicads.

Almost any low current HV supply will do. Hi-pots work fine.

73 Tom