Hi All, my tel # had one too many digits, sorry:
My direct line: 978 369 1738
73, Steve K1PEK
> Please include all email history in responses until your inquiry or order is
> completed
>
> Davis RF Company
> Electronic Wire, Cable and Cable Design Engineering
> RF Coaxial Cable Connectors and Telecom Parts
> A Division of Orion Wire Company, Inc.
> www.DavisRF.com
>
> Main office, NH: Tel: 1-800-DAVIS RF
> Steve Davis, Direct line, MA Branch: 1-978-369-1738 sdavis@DavisRF.com
>
On Feb 10, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Stephen Davis wrote:
>>
>> Dan, Perry, Jim, et al,
>
> We have plenty of the two piece, EZ on , N types. Many hams swear by
> them. They are real good, I only draw the line at MUF of 2 GHz for these.
> Alas, I just figured out they were skipped in the frequent reformat on our
> web site. Will send you pricing and info directly to you.
> We always have any/all RF connectors , wire and cable..on infreq't when
> we out of stock, we can get fill in stock faster or as fast as any supplier.
>
> Issue brought up about fitting PL 259's on ctr cond. of LMR 400 or Bury-
> Flex Tm (tm of Davis RF, the designer):
> I used a 9.5 AWG, 19 strand (vs. 7 strand for LMR 400) on Bury Flex to
> gain more flexibility and to offset the slightly higher attenuation of
> increased stranding. At HF, snipping a strand (one strand is doable, but
> easier to cut 2 strands) is fine electrically. Or, you can bore out the
> center pin of the connector using a # 36 bit (.1065) or better yet, 7/64"
> (.1094"), so you obtain .108" nom ID in the pin. Use a drill press if at all
> possible. If you don't want to do either of these, you can spend not much
> more for our Amphenol PL 259 and you'll be all set.
>
> Ref LMR 600 connectors, Strippers, tools: For any size LMR's, we have
> excellent pricing on quality parts/tools, to include both TImes products and
> lesser cost alternatives.
>
> Hope this helps. Any questions, feel free to ask, on TT here if
> appropriate/helpful to others, or send directly to me.
>
> 73, Steve K1PEK DAVIS RF Co.
>
>
>
> Please include all email history in responses until your inquiry or order is
> completed
>
> Davis RF Company
> Electronic Wire, Cable and Cable Design Engineering
> RF Coaxial Cable Connectors and Telecom Parts
> A Division of Orion Wire Company, Inc.
> www.DavisRF.com
>
> Main office, NH: Tel: 1-800-DAVIS RF
> Steve Davis, Direct line, MA Branch: 1-978-369-1738 sdavis@DavisRF.com
>
>>
>> 1. Re: Crimp type UHF Connectors for LMR-600?...and BuryFlex
>> (Doug Rehman)
>>
>> 3. Re: N Connectors (Marlon K. Schafer)
>> 10. Re: N Connectors (Perry - K4PWO)
>>
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:03:07 -0500
>> From: "Doug Rehman" <doug@k4ac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crimp type UHF Connectors for LMR-600?...and
>> BuryFlex
>> To: "'Tower and HF antenna construction topics.'"
>> <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Message-ID: <06fb01caaa59$c5861330$50923990$@com>
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>>
>> I've encountered the same thing- I drill out the center pin on the connector
>> and they work fine.
>>
>> Doug
>> K4AC
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>>> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger (K8RI)
>>
>>
>> -SNIP-
>>> I have also run into a problem with some crimp UHF connectors not having
>>> a large enough center pin to fit LMR-400 or Bury Flex. In the past the
>>> ones I had would fit LMR-400, LMR-400UF, and Davis BuryFlex
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Roger (K8RI)
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:01:59 -0800
>> From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N Connectors
>> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
>> <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Cc: Lee Elkasri <lee@electro-comm.com>
>> Message-ID: <3235EACE85DE46DE920CD98A9C5BDC31@mlaptop2>
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>> reply-type=original
>>
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> If you don't already have them, save yourself a LOT of time and trouble and
>> pick up the stripper and deburring tools for the cable size you are working
>> with.
>> http://catalog.digicatalog.com/showmag.php?mid=gqtff#/page138/
>>
>> Times also has a relatively new compression type connector like you are
>> talking about. I've used them for LMR600 and they are much much nicer than
>> the older style. All you need to build a perfect connection these days are
>> the strippers, a pair of nail scissors, razor knife and a couple of Crescent
>> wrenches. Very cool and very fast :-).
>>
>> I've cc'd Lee at Hutton (Electro-comm) on this. I've purchased all of my
>> cable from them for a very long time. Good prices and great service!
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> marlon
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dan" <n5ar@air-pipe.com>
>> To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:15 PM
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] N Connectors
>>
>>
>>> Ten years or so ago when I lived in Dallas, I picked us several type N
>>> connectors of an unusual construction. They resembled
>>> PL259's in appearance. They unscrewed into 2 parts. The center pin was
>>> held in a teflon cylinder in the cable attach part. They are easier to
>>> use than conventional N connectors. Does anyone know where these can be
>>> purchased today?
>>>
>>> 73, Dan, N5AR
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 10
>> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:45:07 -0600
>> From: "Perry - K4PWO" <k4pwo@comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N Connectors
>> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
>> <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Message-ID: <1E7D5E121DF2427AA5907F226FB4AD4C@Developement>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>> Clamp type LMR600 "N" connector...
>> http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=21012
>>
>> Crimp type LMR600 "N" connector...
>> http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=21005
>>
>> 73 de Perry - K4PWO
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 20:12 PM
>> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N Connectors
>> K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net
>>>
>>> W5CPT wrote:
>>>> Dan,
>>>> You probably bought those at TT as I sold a bunch of them when I worked
>>>> for Gerald. I would assume he still has them. I will disagree with the
>>>> "easier to use" part though. I learned to install N connectors in the
>>>> military as that is what all the UHF & SHF stuff used, and still prefer
>>>> putting an N on than a PL-259 any day. BTW: the HF & VHF all had BNCs
>>>> and I prefer those over PL-259s also.
>>>>
>>> I use a lot of crimp type N connectors and like them, but just running
>>> the legal limit into the band edges on 160 or even 75 has cost me a
>>> number of them.
>>>
>>> What I need are standard connectors to fit LMR-600 and that pretty well
>>> limits me to N and UHF. Finding UHF connectors to fit LMR-600 has been
>>> a chore. Some of the suppliers no longer even have LMR-600 cable or
>>> connectors listed. So far the only one I've found carrying them has been
>>> the wireman and he's out of stock.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Roger (K8RI)
>>>> Clint
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Dan
>>>> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
>>>> Sent: 09 February, 2010 6:15 PM
>>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] N Connectors
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ten years or so ago when I lived in Dallas, I picked us several type N
>>>> connectors of an unusual construction. They resembled
>>>> PL259's in appearance. They unscrewed into 2 parts. The center pin was
>>>> held in a teflon cylinder in the cable attach part. They are easier to
>>>> use than conventional N connectors. Does anyone know where these can be
>>>> purchased today?
>>>>
>>>> 73, Dan, N5AR
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>
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