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Re: [TowerTalk] PL-259's

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] PL-259's
From: Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:37:11 -0400
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Generic Pl-259 Yikes... Why wait till amphenol changes there design, Just grab 
a die grinder with a pencil tip tool  or appropriate size  drill and enlarge 
the holes. So they fit your trusty Weller soldering tip.  Been doing it for 
YEARS
 
 
Wayne W3EA



> From: K7LXC@aol.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:01:54 -0400> To: 
> towertalk@contesting.com> Subject: [TowerTalk] PL-259's> > Howdy --> > I had 
> to buy a couple of generic non-silver plated, non-Teflon inserted > PL-259's 
> and discovered that instead of the dinky little round holes in the > body 
> that they had 2 rectangular slots that were big enough to poke a > soldering 
> gun tip into with no problem. What a revolutionary idea! It worked great. > 
> It solves all of the braid attachment problems. Wish someone made a silver > 
> plated, Teflon inserted PL-259 with rectangular slots. > > Cheers,> Steve 
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