Gary,
I use the IT-1000 here. If your connectors have a removable
back side (with O-ring seal) place it on the the cable first.
Then hand twist the connector onto the stripped coax (gloves help.)
You should be able to hand-seat it to where the center conductor
is flush with the connector shell, and you'll see the dielectric
when looking into the connector. Then use the IT-1000 to perform
the final crimp by placing the connector into the end of the tool
and squeezing the handle. Be sure to order some extra blades for
your IT-1000; they definately don't last forever.
If you have the newer connectors with the non-removable back seal
(like the red S&S series) just push the entire connector on until
seated as above, then crimp. It takes a bit more force to put the
newer one-piece Snap-nSeal connectors onto the coax. The newer
connectors just barely fit into the crimping compression slot on
my 15-year old IT-1000, but they do fit.
73, Kirk K4RO
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