Pictures of this method are now posted at: http://www.k3lr.com/engineering/pl259/ 73 and Merry Christmas! Tim K3LR I have hundreds of silver plated PL-259s in service at my station. They are all sold
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I've used a similar method for years but I think mine is even easier and simpler. Instead of fanning out the braid before soldering, I just leave it in place, ti
For those that still prefer to use the solder holes for the shield on a PL-259, I use a small tool with a slight hook at the end to grab pieces of the shield and pull them up through the holes so tha
These are all excellent recommendations for soldering braid to regular PL-259's, but why bother? As has been pointed out on this reflector, there are alternative PL-259-Type connectors that assemble
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I tried following the thread on crimp type PL-259s but the thread wandered around so much I never did get a clear recommendation of sources for the connectors an
Bill - The PL-259 type connectors I described are not "crimp" type and that is probably why you wound up following the wrong thread. The connectors I was describing are known as "clamp" type. If you'
Greetings, This RF Connection clamp type is: RFC1701C PL-259 Crimp RG-214 3.50 I will place an order and give this a try as I really don't do well with trying to fill up the braid holes on PL-259s. :