[TowerTalk] Crimp or Solder

[Gene Smar]

Roger:

     Yes, you are correct.  It was N conncetors that I had been crimping.  But I'd also use the same method for PL-259s when the need arises.  Borrowing the club's crimper makes the decision a lot less painful, I'll admit.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


From: Roger D Johnson <n1rj at roadrunner.com>
Date: 2007/06/21 Thu AM 09:23:33 CDT
To: Towertalk Reflector <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crimp or Solder

Gene Smar wrote:
> Greg:
> 
>      A few months back I did up a set of such crimp connectors for our club's repeater's main site (4 UHF link RXs.)  I was impressed with the ease with which the connectors all went together.  The trick is to get the proper length of the center insulator so that the center tip (which must be soldered) locks into position when the connector is assembled.  I had to redo the first three connectors after I learned that the center pins snapped into place.  
> 
>      I measured the jumper cables' loss with my MFJ-259 and they were all below the loss I measured for the pre-assembled jumper I used as my model.  
> 
>      I have some coax cable work to do on the tower this summer, and I will certainly ask to borrow the club's crimper tool to install the PL-259s.
> 
>      BTW - Our club bought the connectors and tool from Joel at The RF Connection ( www.therfc.com .)  
> 
> 
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F

You must have been doing type N connectors.

73, Roger

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