[TowerTalk] Crimped PL-259's

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 10/14/2010 11:43 AM, Tommy Alderman wrote:
> Sure! Connectors are relatively inexpensive. But before you buy them, look
> at the price of EACH set of crimping tools! Just about exceeds the price of
> a good solder station!
If you only have a couple of runs then it can be problematic. OTOH I 
have 5 runs from the shop and house to a relay box at the base of the 
tower and 5 runs to the top of the tower. Counting pigtails and bulkhead 
connectors at the top and bottom of the tower that is roughly 10 
connectors per run for a total of 50. Add another 8 from the 6 pack to 
the rigs in the shop, about a dozen in each station for another 24 and 
I'm looking at roughly 80 connectors.

BUT even for a couple of runs to a couple thousand dollars worth of 
antennas and a $1500 to $3000 rig and the $50 to $100 for the crimping 
tool is a good investment.

Crimped connectors are much stronger mechanically than the clamp or 
solder type. If you have more than a couple they are much faster to make.

It's not always necessary to purchase a crimping tool.  If there are 
many hams in an area it's likely that some of them already have the 
crimping tools. They may not want to loan them out, but many will come 
over and help install connectors.  The crimping tools might make a good 
club investment too, particularly for FD.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> Tom - W4BQF
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tod - ID
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:05 AM
> To: 'Ryan Jairam'; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crimped PL-259's
>
> I thought I saw some crimped UHF connectors on the Mouser website this
> morning.
>
> I think I did a search for Connectors - RF - crimped - male - UHF to get to
> the list of male, crimped, UHF connectors.
>
> As I recall the price was about $1.70 per connector. There were several
> sizes to accommodate different sizes of coax. If you are using 'exotic' coax
> like RG400, RG142, etc. you may have to buy special ferrules from
> TheRFCconnection [BNC-RG-223 Ferrule] . They also have miniUHF crimp
> connectors [UHF-RFC505]and 9913/LMR400 size crmp/solder [UHF-RFC17-03T]
>
> I am only a customer and have no financial interest in either Mouser or
> TheRFConnection.
>
> Tod, K0TO
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Jairam
>> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:31 AM
>> To: Kenneth Goodwin
>> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crimped PL-259's
>>
>> Almost no one except amateur radio and CB uses UHF (PL259)
>> connectors anymore.
>>
>> Therefore you will mostly find them in ham and CB shops (and ebay).
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> Ryan, N2RJ
>>
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