[TowerTalk] Coax Losses on 160 and 75?

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

Unless it's 1/2" or 3/4" Al hard line.   It's very easy to use brass 
compression fittings with a little Noalox to make adapters to UHF fittings.

I believe I have both N-type and UHF, crimp fittings to fit the smaller 
cables (RG6, etc) that fit the same cables that Snap'N Seal connectors 
fit, but they don't require different connectors for quad shield. The 
difficult part about using those connectors is the Al braid over foil is 
very fragile

73

Roger (K8RI)

On 8/7/2016 Sunday 3:01 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> Another limitation of CATV coax is that only CATV crimp connectors 
> work, and the only ones that are widely available to fit it are 
> F-connectors or BNCs. I find the Snap'N Seal branded connectors to be 
> quite good, but they 1) must physically match the cable dimensions; 2) 
> stripping and crimp tools that match the coax must be used for a good 
> connection; and 3) F-connectors require adapters to connect to our 
> antennas, and most F-connector adapters I've seen are of highly 
> questionable quality.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>

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