[TowerTalk] Coax stripping tool for crimp connectors

[Clay Autery]

Yet another reason I choose to use N-connectors over UHF....

Always invest in the best tool available, take care of it, and never
have to buy another one...

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Clay Autery, KY5G
MONTAC Enterprises
(318) 518-1389

On 2/4/2017 5:16 PM, Gary Johnson wrote:
> As a total coincidence, I spent a couple hours yesterday looking into
> this very subject. Looking VERY carefully at the recommended stripping
> dimensions of two crimp-type PL-259 connectors (Amphenol 182130-10 and
> RF Industries RFU507-SI), and similarly looking VERY carefully at the
> dimensions of all the stripping tools I could find, none of the tools
> matched the requirements. The error was always in the amount of
> exposed dielectric: They never left enough, and came up short by 3 to
> 5 mm, depending upon the connector/stripper combo. Whether that's a
> disaster or not, I'll leave open to opinion. Maybe just jamming the
> whole business together a few mm tighter before crimping is "good
> enough."
>
> Required bare dielectric
> 182130-10   8.8 mm
> RFU507-SI  6.8 mm
>
> Stripper's dielectric:
> RFA-4400-02  5.2 mm
> DXE (Platinum Tools) 15035  4.0 mm
> RFA-4087  4.0 mm
> Terrawave HT-32253   4.0 mm
> ... and several others were also 4 mm.
>
>  Note: N connector require totally different dimensions and in fact
> there are strippers that match them perfectly.
> Looking forward to either an announcement by DXE, or other options
> from this group.
>
> Gary NA6O
>