[TowerTalk] PL259 Connectors Part 2

[Bob K6UJ]

Tower Talkians,

I am learning a lot from this thread.

It should be renamed:
"Everything you wanted to know about RF connectors but were afraid to 
ask" :-)

Bob
K6UJ




On 5/12/16 4:24 PM, Gene Smar wrote:
> www.therfc.com .  Joel also sells connectors.
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> 73 e
> Gene Smar  AD3F
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> -----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
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> Where can I buy a good crimper and coax prep tool?
>
> Chuck W5PR
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> 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:
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>>> 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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