[TowerTalk] Reuse PL-259

[KD7JYK DM09]

"I've dug connectors out of the mud, pulled them out of puddles, and 
found them in musty basements...Now the punchline:  I have never had a 
connector failure!"

This brings back memories of older connectors, source unknown, but I'm 
thinking military, 1940's-50's, with what appears to be brown bakelite 
dielectric.  I've had every singe one of these fail, from getting hot, 
tracking, cracking, and crumbling.  When looked at, they have have a 
glittery appearance, even the new ones.  It looks like mica in the mix, 
I assumed, due to heat even at 100W max, there was ground up metal in 
the dielectric.  I never checked into the issue further.

Kurt