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[TowerTalk] RE: Crappy PL259's

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Subject: [TowerTalk] RE: Crappy PL259's
From: qcs0041@lexcominc.net (M KENT MILLER)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 22:44:26 -0400
Eddy,
I have found the silver and teflon PL-259' s sold by Radio Works in Portsmouth,
VA
are good easily-soldered connectors like Amphenol used to make years ago. Any
other brand that I 've bought in recent years has just been trash.

GL, 73.
Kent -K4MK


Eddy Avila wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> When I was a young ham in the 60's I never ever had any problems assembling
> PL259 connectors, particularly when it came to soldering them to the coax.
> I'm sure I never used anything hotter than a 100-watt gun!! I'd simply heat
> up the connector then apply some solder and voila! It was that easy.....
>
> But now, no matter what I buy, cheap or expensive silver-tinted PL259 and
> using a 250watt gun I'm finding it very difficult to get solder to "stick"
> to these crap connectors....getting really frustrated trying to get solder
> to adhere to PL259's now!!!
>
> Can someone recommend (without hesitation) a source of good-quality
> connectors that can take solder like they used to?
>
> thanks much!
>
> 73....../ed
>
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