On 11/15/2012 4:50 PM, John Becker wrote: > Amphenol makes several different solder-type PL-259 plugs. The 83-1SP (with no other suffixes) is what you want. The shell is silver plated, and thus far easier to solder to the braid. Buy in quantity to get the best price, combining with other local hams. 73, Jim K9YC