[TowerTalk] Recycling old PL-259 connectors.

[Jim W7RY]

Because we had to.

Apparently you never grew up poor, or had a paper route or mowed lawns 
to buy your ham equipment.

I'm sorry you never had to experience this. It makes one more wise about 
money.

73, Jim W7RY



On 7/16/2024 4:05 PM, charlie at thegallos.com wrote:
> As someone else said about all this,*WHY? *  Even at the worst, most
> expensive, they are $11.50.  The minimum wage is $7.25, so what, 90 minutes
> of work.  I net you spend more in time and electricity to recycle the
> connector.
>
> This reminds me about the joke about how copper wire was invented, two hams
> fighting over a penny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk<towertalk-bounces at contesting.com>  On Behalf Of Arthur
> Bernstein via TowerTalk
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 4:53 PM
> To:towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Recycling old PL-259 connectors.
>
> This may sound caveman style, but I used to just cut of the connector with a
> little bit of coax remaining. I'd unsolder the center pin and shake it out
> then suspend the connector over a gas stove burner then with a pair of
> pliers pull out the coax stub. If necessary clean out any melted
> dielectric., heat again and shake out any remaining solder. Been doing this
> for 60 years.ArtN2KA
>
> Arthur Bernstein
> n2ka at verizon.net
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Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY