Barrie Smith wrote:
> I recently purchased 200' of RG-6 from Lowes for a receiving antenna.
>
> The braid is real strange stuff. Looks, act and feels like steel. I can't
> get ordinary, resin-core solder to attach at all. The solder just beads up
> and falls off.
>
It's really meant for the cheap, crimp connectors, but works well with
the compression F connectors (bout 50 cents each but take a relatively
pricey insertion tool) which are more or less water proof or at least
resistant. Quality adapters from the good F connectors to UHF connectors
are hard to find. All I've seen were of the Radio Shack variety.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Any suggrstions as to how to solder this stuff?
>
> 73, Barrie, W7ALW
>
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