[TowerTalk] PL-259's can be installed correctly in 5 minutes

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

The coax stripping tools are great.  The cylindrical tool.  DX Engineering
is where I got mine.  They are not that expensive and make stripping fast
and easy. 


On 10/11/07 7:53 AM, "Scott Robbins" <w4pa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> K1KY method adapted from (I think) W0UN as taught to me ca. 1995:
> 
> * Unscrew shell of AMPHENOL PL-259, place on coax.  Not hamfest brand PL-259.
> AMPHENOL.
> 
> * Hold body of PL-259 next to coax with the top of the connector even with the
> end of the raw cable.  With an Exacto or razor blade cutter, gently trim black
> covering, braid, dielectric from top of connector to just below 1st 'ridge' on
> PL-259, leaving only center wire.
> 
> * Hold body of PL-259 next to coax same way.  At a point approx 1/4" above the
> bottom of the connector, trim black covering, leaving braid intact.
> 
> * Place a very tiny dab of teflon grease at the top of where the black
> covering
> is still intact.  Install connector.  The teflon grease makes wiggling the
> connector onto large coax easier.
> 
> * Place coax and PL-259 in a vise, tipped very slightly downward, solder
> center
> connection.
> 
> * Tip connector in vise so it's parallel to the ground.  Put soldering iron
> across PL-259 hole.  Count to 20, flow solder into hole.  Working quickly to
> keep shell hot, rotate connector in vise, solder other holes.  Leave in vise
> to
> heat sink for cooling.
> 
> 5 minutes.  I was the designated connector installer at K4JNY.  One memorable
> weekend in the <<<we are completely insane>>> building phase in 2003, I
> installed them for 8 consecutive hours on every kind of cable imaginable.
> 
> Scott W4PA
> 
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