[TowerTalk] Tool to tighten PL-259 connectors

[K8RI on TT]

On 10/19/2011 1:41 PM, Tim Duffy K3LR wrote:
> I have several coax switches that have the female UHF connectors (SO-239)
> mounted right next to each other - in a cluster of 10 or 12
> connectors/cables.
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> This makes it hard to insure each coax cable with a male UHF connector
> (PL-259) is properly tight.
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I put them in sequentially and make sure they are tight as I go. That's 
tight as in too tight to take out just by fingers.

73

Roger (K8RI)

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> Do you know of a tool that is made (maybe a Craftsmen automotive tool?) that
> would allow an extended grab of the shell of a PL-259 that would insure
> proper tight torque in a "tight" cluster of connectors?
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> Thanks and 73,
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> Tim K3LR
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