[TowerTalk] Reuse PL-259

[Robert Harmon]

I use Amphenol connectors exclusively.  Not worth the aggravation of connector issues to use the cheaper substitutes.   As far as reusing them, I discard them when already used.  To me it is not worth the troube of cleaning and preparing them for reuse.  I still have had connector issues occasionally but it was due to my faulty 
assembly / soldering.   The problem was not from the connectors but the space beteeen the headphones.   hihihi


73,
Bob
K6UJ





> On Feb 15, 2021, at 11:50 AM, KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> "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!"
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> 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
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