[TowerTalk] PL259 Connectors Part 2

Drax Felton draxfelton at gmail.com
Thu May 12 19:43:38 EDT 2016


I switched to all N type, solder fee, clamp connectors.

They go on with two wrenches.

And I use N-to-UHF adapters were I couldn't swap out in N females from 
UHF females in devices.

I hate those UHF things. I bought a sack of like 50 of these to get the 
bulk discount.

http://www.l-com.com/coaxial-type-n-male-clamp-connectors




On 5/12/2016 6:13 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
> >:-)
> Bob, it was my skill, or rather the lack there of that caused me to 
> quit reusing connectors. I too, have had the center pin pull out, I 
> even trashed Phenolic Insulators (before Teflon) and boy, that stuff 
> really stinks!
> So I'm a member of the Been there, Done That, but no T-shirt" club.
> If a mistake can be made, I've probably done it<sigh>
> I'm probably done making them at 100 feet though.



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