[TowerTalk] Recycling old PL-259 connectors.

[Steve Dyer W1SRD]

Hilarious response to a thread gone lame.

I'd heard all Canadian were fabulously wealthy, especially the hams :-)!

Thanks Julio.

73,
Steve
W1SRD


On 7/16/2024 4:09 PM, VE3FH via TowerTalk wrote:
>   Thanks Jim, I can certainly relate to that. I was first licensed as CX9CT in 1974, back then we had to reuse them not just because they were expensive but also rather hard to find.
> I don't recall reusing any since becoming a wealthy Canadian though
> 73,Julio VE3FH
>
>      On Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 05:09:38 p.m. EDT, Jim W7RY <jimw7ry at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>   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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