2022-03-18, 19:24:20
Couldn't agree more, Rob.
The professional telecom industry hasn't used soldered connectors for years. But there's a large fraction of the ham community still married to the good ol' PL-259. And there's no shortage of novel ways to attach them, like this one from Tim Duffy K3LR:
http://www.k3lr.com/engineering/pl259/
For my money, the best UHF crimp connectors are the "crimp-solder" type from DX Engineering (Tim Duffy's company!). I don't like the all-crimp ones, because crimping the center contact reduces the contact area more than I like. Soldering the center contact & crimping the braid is better. They only sell them for RG8 and RG8X, not RG59 or RG58.
I also have crimp tools, if anyone wants to borrow them.
73
Dave, VE3WI
The professional telecom industry hasn't used soldered connectors for years. But there's a large fraction of the ham community still married to the good ol' PL-259. And there's no shortage of novel ways to attach them, like this one from Tim Duffy K3LR:
http://www.k3lr.com/engineering/pl259/
For my money, the best UHF crimp connectors are the "crimp-solder" type from DX Engineering (Tim Duffy's company!). I don't like the all-crimp ones, because crimping the center contact reduces the contact area more than I like. Soldering the center contact & crimping the braid is better. They only sell them for RG8 and RG8X, not RG59 or RG58.
I also have crimp tools, if anyone wants to borrow them.
73
Dave, VE3WI