[TowerTalk] Stripping rg142

[Jim]

Pretty difficult to strip Teflon cable with a thermo knife?



Thanks
73
Jim W7RY

On 11/24/2018 11:36 AM, jimlux wrote:
> On 11/24/18 8:37 AM, WW3S wrote:
>> What’s the best way to strip this in preparation of crimp connectors
>>
> If you have a multiblade coax stripper, that's the best way, after you 
> burn through a foot or three of scrap getting the blades set just right.
> RG-142 is moderately floppy (0.2" diameter), but it's not as bad as 
> something like RG-174 (0.1" diameter)  If you put it in the 
> refrigerator (or outside in some parts of the country this time of 
> year) it gets stiffer, and it's easier to run the stripper on it.
>
> The other handheld approach is a thermal stripper (the kind with the 
> two flat blades that get hot), or very careful work with an X-acto knife.
>
> Having a little template printed out or marked with the lengths you 
> need is really helpful.  I cut the outer jacket and shields first. 
> Then trim the outer jacket back. Finally, I strip the center conductor.
>
> Your crimp connector drawing will tell you - some crimp connectors 
> have the outer jacket and shield at the same length, and the connector 
> sort of shoves down inside the shield, stretching the shields and 
> outer jacket.
>
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