[TowerTalk] PL-259's

[Wayne Kline]

Generic Pl-259 Yikes... Why wait till amphenol changes there design, Just grab a die grinder with a pencil tip tool  or appropriate size  drill and enlarge the holes. So they fit your trusty Weller soldering tip.  Been doing it for YEARS
 
 
Wayne W3EA



> From: K7LXC at aol.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:01:54 -0400> To: towertalk at contesting.com> Subject: [TowerTalk] PL-259's> > Howdy --> > I had to buy a couple of generic non-silver plated, non-Teflon inserted > PL-259's and discovered that instead of the dinky little round holes in the > body that they had 2 rectangular slots that were big enough to poke a > soldering gun tip into with no problem. What a revolutionary idea! It worked great. > It solves all of the braid attachment problems. Wish someone made a silver > plated, Teflon inserted PL-259 with rectangular slots. > > Cheers,> Steve K7LXC> TOWER TECH -> Professional tower services for hams> Cell: 206-890-4188> > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com> _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_________________________________________________________________
Climb to the top of the charts!  Play Star Shuffle:  the word scramble challenge with star power.
http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_oct