At 05:09 PM 7/16/03 -0700, Michael Tope wrote:
>I tried this a while back, but I had some little trouble
>with the compression fittings rotating around the
>hardline outer conductor. Anyway to cure this, or
>was it perhaps that the hardline I was using was
>on the low side of the tolerance band? The RF
>performance seemed okay, but I was worried
>that the shield connection might become
>intermittent over time.
Not sure quite what size of CATV hardline is being discussed here, but for
the common .75 inch, a 1/2" water pipe to 1/2" copper tubing adapter works
great. The big end self-taps onto the hardline jacket just fine (with a
little Noalox for lube and conductivity) and you can easily silver-solder
an Amphenol barrel connector into the small end, then reinstall the innards
(first spread the inner conductor and solder to the center connector of the
hardline). Thanks W4AN et al, 5+ years ago.
73, Pete N4ZR
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