[TowerTalk] Soldering PL-259

Barry Gross n1eu.barry at gmail.com
Sat Jan 22 08:27:48 PST 2011


On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Rroger (K8RI on TowerTalk) <
k8ri-on-towertalk at tm.net> wrote:

> There is a much better constructed "solder type" PL259 available that
> has a barrel that is similar to the RG58 and RG8X adapters.  The braid
> is soldered into the barrel, then the connector is assembled with the
> center conductor being soldered last. It's *almost* impossible to put
> one of these together wrong.  Like any others you have to make sure you
> get the ones made with quality components, quality materials, and good QC.


Can someone provide a link to an example of this "better constructed solder
type PL259" with the barrel for RG213 size coax?

Thanks & 73,
Barry N1EU


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