[TowerTalk] PL259 Cobbectors Part 2 - Murray W9EHQ

[Jerry Gardner]

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:10 AM, JOHN POWELL <john.powell at kinect.co.nz>
 wrote:

>
> I have accessed Murray's You Tube production by using Google Search
> facilities, entering "PL-259 connector installation W9ehq". Bingo
> straight to the You Tube item. Very interesting and informative.
>

And complete overkill. How many tools did he use in that video? Soldering
iron, razor blade, air compressor, Dremel tool, file, pliers, dikes. I
especially like how he cuts through the tinned braid and dielectric by free
handing a Dremel tool with a cut-off wheel--I'll bet your average ham would
have no problems with that move. ;-)

I'm perplexed, but not really surprised, that hams still insist on using
this kind of backwoods engineering when a better way has been available for
decades. I guess old habits die hard.

73,
Jerry