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75 OHM COAX W/PL259
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This is the EXACT reason every radio operator should be able to install their own connectors. It pays in dollars, time wasted waiting for an order to arrive and frustrations trying to find exactly what you want.My home grown cables are soldered better than store bought cabes.
That's because all the pre made coax are made in Canada…
Couldn't agree more, buy at least a 100 ft. of each coax type you use and buy lots of connectors and learn to do it yourself.
Actually I have been thinking about going to crimp type connectors. Not the cheap ones but the good quality types with the proper crimp tool. Commercial users and thousands of hobbyists use them with no issues whatsoever. They DID have a bad reputation many years ago but crimp tools and techniques have come a long way since then.
Hello D795: Give these guys a call I believe they can solder the PL-259 connectors on for you. They sell all kinds of RF/Coax/Connector stuff. I have done business with them and had great success with them. Good luck.
https://www.pasternack.com/flexible-0.425-rg216-75-ohm-coax-cable-pvc-jacket-rg216-u-p.aspx
Jay in the Great Mojave Desert
https://www.pasternack.com/flexible-0.425-rg216-75-ohm-coax-cable-pvc-jacket-rg216-u-p.aspx
Jay in the Great Mojave Desert
The new style should be silver teflon and the center pin hole should be open just like the typical solder type.
The old ones are easy to spot, they have a small pin hole opening that's useless.
Be sure to invest in the ratcheting type crimpers with dies for the coax type or types you use.
You can buy them here along with the crimpers.
http://qsradio.com/phone/shop-now.html#!/PL-259-UHF-Male/c/11543085/offset=0&sort=normal
The right tools gets the job done right.
The old ones are easy to spot, they have a small pin hole opening that's useless.
Be sure to invest in the ratcheting type crimpers with dies for the coax type or types you use.
You can buy them here along with the crimpers.
http://qsradio.com/phone/shop-now.html#!/PL-259-UHF-Male/c/11543085/offset=0&sort=normal
The right tools gets the job done right.
Here is a good example of what to look for with Solder/crimp PL-259's
This below is what you want. You can see the center pin is large enough to push thru a tinned center conductor to be soldered.
This is the type you don't want. Notice the pin hole for the center conductor and this will not allow a tinned wire thru it. I argued about these types before because I believe they are a center crimp because how are you supposed to properly solder the center conductor?
This below is what you want. You can see the center pin is large enough to push thru a tinned center conductor to be soldered.
This is the type you don't want. Notice the pin hole for the center conductor and this will not allow a tinned wire thru it. I argued about these types before because I believe they are a center crimp because how are you supposed to properly solder the center conductor?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/UHF-Male-to-Type-F-Female-Adapter-by-W5SWL-/221584357148?hash=item339774f71c
I use this type adapters
I use this type adapters
Here is a good example of what to look for with Solder/crimp PL-259's
This below is what you want. You can see the center pin is large enough to push thru a tinned center conductor to be soldered.
This is the type you don't want. Notice the pin hole for the center conductor and this will not allow a tinned wire thru it. I argued about these types before because I believe they are a center crimp because how are you supposed to properly solder the center conductor?
That bottom image looks like it is for RG-58 with the single strand solid center conductor in which case it is the proper connector. You just crimp the tip or solder it.