[TowerTalk] re coax jumpers help

[Peter Dougherty]

I'm in the process of re-doing a couple of coax runs and making a 
permanent installation of everything that's currently just temporary, 
thus will be making coax lengths exact and making a few jumpers, etc. 
What I decided to do was get the right tools and then be able to 
fabricate any jumper I need quickly and reliably.

I bought the Cablematic UT-8000 from DX Engineering and a crimp tool 
with about 30 PL-259s for RG-213 from Joel at RFC. Sure it was a 
little pricey, but I figure it's better to pay a lot once and be able 
to do what I need fast and accurately. Including heat-shrink and 
soldering the tips of each PL-259 I can bang one off in under 3 
minutes. Heck, for $23 a pop, I should get into business making the 
darned things!

>At 10:15 AM 10/18/2006, Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
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>>I checked the cablexperts price and they now want $23 for one 3 foot 213
>>jumper with the uhf males on the ends!  ouch, what are the raw materials
>>costing, around $7?--that's a nice profit.
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>Cheers,
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>Peter,
>W2IRT