TexasRF@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Ron, the heat shrink alone is not water tight.
I slide a piece of MMM flooded (lined with hot melt glue) heat shrink
over the entire connection. That has been the best and easiest water
proof connection I've found. It'll fill threads, voids, and makes one
whale of a connection. Using the crimp type connectors and the MMM heat
shrink I've never had one fail mechanically or with moisture sealing and
I use it in feed lines to the sloping, center fed, half wave dipoles
which really gets whipped around in the winds. I much prefer it to the
fusing tape which I still use at times, up on top of the tower where a
heat gun is not the handiest tool.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Your plan to use the
> fusing tape is the very best way to seal the connectors. The fusing tape of
> coarse needs uv protection and even cheap vinyl tape will work fine for that.
>
> 73,
> Gerald K5GW
>
>
>
> In a message dated 3/10/2010 4:39:12 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> w4lde@numail.org writes:
>
> Thanks to all that replied, I remember that I never had soldered the
> shield and thought that was the correct method.
>
> I will also as many have suggested use some heat shrink for stability as
> well as helping with water intrusion. Was planning on #33 or #88 tape
> plus some fusion style tape to help with the final connections.
>
> Again thanks to everyone for your comments.
>
> 73 de
> Ron W4LDE
>
>
> On 3/10/2010 3:18 PM, TexasRF@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Ron, the clamping ring for N connectors is nickel plated. You will turn
>>
> the
>
>> coax to charcoal before successfully soldering the shield to it.
>>
>> One of the major failure modes with N connectors is having the shield
>>
> work
>
>> loose due to pulling and twisting the cable. A short piece of heat shrink
>> tubing over the clamping end of the connector and a couple inches of
>>
> the
>
>> coax will provide excellent reinforcement and improved reliability.
>>
>> The recommended connector installation procedure has worked very well
>>
> for a
>
>> lot of years.
>>
>> 73,
>> Gerald K5GW
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 3/10/2010 12:00:01 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>> w4lde@numail.org writes:
>>
>> Just getting ready to install some a new beam and coax plus N style
>> male connectors on a new tower. It's been awhile since I last used one
>> (N style) and have reviewed via the WEB and the ARRL handbook
>> recommended installation methods and find two different methods with
>> respect to the barrel and shield connection.
>>
>> The barrel I am referring to is the small piece were the shield is
>> folded back over and then compressed and held in place by a O-ring,
>> washer and screw in clamp.
>>
>> The ARRL handbook does not call for any solder of the shield to the
>> barrel peace but on one ham web sites recommends that the shield be
>> soldered to the barrel insert piece and then assembled the same way as
>> the non soldered. If I remember and it has been some time since I used
>> N type but I believe I did not solder the shield but relied on the
>> compression and clamp fittings to make good contact from the shield to
>> the N fitting.
>>
>> Would appreciate your opinion, to SOLDER or NOT to SOLDER.
>>
>> 73 de
>> Ron W4LDE
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