Used a Bosuns knife in the navy and a linoleum knife at home.
RG-8/213 is mil spec rated at 5000V and easily handles 10KV so I wouldnt
stain my undies with a little knick.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: <donroden@hiwaay.net>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Fwd: Re: soldering vs crimping
> We were poor and had to use a single edge razor blade to lightly score the
> braid-solder before breaking it off.
>
> Don W4DNR
>
>
> Quoting Alek Petkovic <vk6apk@bigpond.com>
>
>> Bad move. Don't do it.
>>
>> By using the tubing cutter, you are certainly doing a neat job but you
>> are deforming that soldered braid and pushing it, as a sharp edge,
>> inwards, through the dielectric towards the centre conductor.
>
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