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Is is my experience that it is not that a good PL-259 to coax connection
cannot be made, it is that the majority of amateur radio operators don't
want to make a good connection.
I cut jacket, braid, direlectric, and center connector to length. Then
thouroughly tin the braid. If need be I file any high points of solder down
so the PL259 can screw on. I then solder the barrell through each hole to
the tinned braid underneath. They do not come apart, nor does the
dielectric melt. <:-))
Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com
de Paul, W8AEF
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rauch
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:58 AM
To: bob finger
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground
Frank. Experience talking there guys. Beside,
radios/amps/antennas
are today interconnected by coax, the braid of which is
securely
attached with a PL-259. What could be better?
Almost anything.
We should really NEVER, especially in a station using an amplifier with a
HV
supply inside, depend on the coax shield for an earth safety connection.
The
safety ground is important. The RF ground is not, unless something else is
bad.
73 Tom
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