[TowerTalk] PL-259 - can connectors be recycled?

[Jim Brown]

Exactly right, Steven! And that's how I install them. Some 
PTFE-insulated and jacketed Commscope coax mfd for use in data centers, 
and that's equivalent to a very good RG8, has diameters smaller than 
RG8. To properly mount connectors on it, I had to build up the o.d. with 
a good heat shrink so that connectors could screw onto it and hold well..

Wes -- how do you deal with this? Is the propane torch hot enough to 
melt the outer jacket? Residue?

73, Jim K9YC

On 7/14/2024 1:30 PM, Steven Katz wrote:
> My take on this is:   This is difficult to accomplish successfully IF
> the connectors were originally properly installed.
> 
> That’s because what holds the cable into the connector isn't solder:
> Soldering makes the electrical bonds; the mechanical bond is
> accomplished when the connector is tightly threaded onto the cable
> jacket, so unless you can unthread it (possibly by melting the cable
> jacket material until it flows), after removing all the solder, the
> cable will still be in the connector.