[TowerTalk] [BULK] - N-Connector & Belden 9913F7

[Steve Katz]

Type Ns with special "hogged out" (milled out) center pins are readily
available from a number of sources including The R.F. Connection in MD, who
almost always has them in stock for immediate shipment.  I just use those.
Tinning and filing the center conductor probably works, but is awfully
labor-intensive.  "Drilling" a hole in the center pin isn't going to work
using conventional tooling -- this is a really critical process and requires
a CNC machine and a fixture to clamp the pin.  The resulting milled out pin
has *very* thin walls, if you "miss" by a few thousandths of an inch, you'll
break through the wall and have a pin headed for the trash can... -WB2WIK/6

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Mott [mailto:fredmottcpa at earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:34 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] N-Connector & Belden 9913F7


How do you install a N-Connector onto a Belden 9913F7 coax.  My 7 strand
center conductor will not fit into the center pin.  Would it fit if I were
to drill the hole in the center pin?  Any suggestions and installation
instructions would be of help.  I read somewhere that some N-Connectors are
supplied with a spare pin just for coax cables that have a larger center
conductor, that's fine, but I don't have any such pins.  Fred, AB8AH
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