[TowerTalk] PL259 Connectors Part 2

[Wayne Kline]

TT'ers       
 
 I have gravitated  from soldering fully PPL 259's.   I  did all the pre tinning the braid, enlarging the  solder holes on the  body  and  have an excellent  soldering iron.......  But the Crimping method  has bitten me... >From LMR 400  RG 213, RG 214, and  RG 400  & 142 B.
 both  PL 259 and BNC .....  I guess I am Half Butted Because I have not dive in fully and   get the silver connectors with the soldered center conductor.
 
on another note some one wrote the Joel @ RF connections sell  inferior  connectors... he sell a complete line from  cheap off shore   items to
mill spec. silver Teflon.... Let you wallet be your GUIDE 
 
 
Wayne   W3EA 

 
> From: ersmar at verizon.net
> To: w5prchuck at gmail.com; k6uj at pacbell.net
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 19:24:42 -0400
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] PL259 Connectors Part 2
> CC: towertalk at contesting.com
> 
> www.therfc.com .  Joel also sells connectors.
> 
> 
> 73 e
> Gene Smar  AD3F
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Chuck
> Dietz
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:03 PM
> To: Bob K6UJ <k6uj at pacbell.net>
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] PL259 Connectors Part 2
> 
> Where can I buy a good crimper and coax prep tool?
> 
> Chuck W5PR
> 
> On Thursday, May 12, 2016, Bob K6UJ <k6uj at pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> > Jerry,
> >
> > I fully understand.
> > I have been soldering PL-259's for years, like most of us
> > here on the forum.  I do crimped connectors too.   Took me awhile
> > to convince myself that a crimped connection was reliable, and it is.
> > But, I also get the iron out and solder PL-259's.
> > My elmer taught me how to solder a PL-259 when I became a novice in 1957.
> > I've soldered
> > many a connector since then.  It is very interesting for me to hear 
> > about the different approaches.
> > The point I am attempting to make here is that our objective isn't 
> > necessarily to rank different connection approaches.  Just sharing our 
> > experience with PL-259 connectors.
> > This discussion may go on and on as many do on the reflector.  This is 
> > what we do :-)
> >
> > 73,
> > Bob
> > K6UJ
> >
> >
> > On 5/12/16 1:29 PM, Jerry Gardner wrote:
> >
> >> It seems to me that people keep coming up with all sorts of wild and 
> >> crazy ways to solder PL-259 connectors. I suppose this is because the 
> >> original method developed by Amphenol decades ago has perceived 
> >> shortcomings, particularly in how that method prescribes soldering 
> >> the coax braid to the connector. Some of these "solutions" just make 
> >> me wince, while others make me a little nauseous.
> >>
> >>
> >> The prep time involved with some of these methods is lengthy and 
> >> tedious and, in my opinion, unnecessary. Why go to all that trouble 
> >> for something as simple as connecting a connector to a cable? Just 
> >> because hams seem to be wedded to soldering? Using a coax prep tool 
> >> and crimper, I can strip coax and crimp a connector on in about 45
> seconds from start to finish.
> >> Try
> >> that with some of the bizarre methods advocated here and on other ham 
> >> websites.
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