On 5/26/2012 5:04 PM, Frank wrote:
> Out of curiosity, I am wondering why you need a cable prep tool. Are
> you going into business preping cables?
I can't speak for Phil, but I run SO2R, or was for a while. With one
station in the house and one in the shop, both covering 160 through 440
I have just shy of 100 connectors in the system. When the 25G on the
West end of the shop is finished I'll need to add roughly another 14.
The "good" prep tools really speed things up. OTOH they work far better
on some cables than others. LMR UF cables are a royal PITA. While Davis
BuryFlex(TM) works great with the regular LMR cables just behind it.
Normally those tools will cut the time to a fraction of what it would
normally take to do a few cables.
> I use a pocket knife and dikes. The six or so cables a year I have to
> prep don't justify gearing up for production quantities.
OTOH if I only have a jumper to do I can usually do it quicker with a
box cutter and wire cutter than the time it takes me to find the proper
tools.<:-))
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Phil Snyder wrote:
>
>> Tnx for the replies. Guess I didn't dig quite deep enough on the web
>> page for the tool.
>>
>> Phil
>> N9LAH
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>> On 5/25/2012 8:21 PM, Phil Snyder wrote:
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>>> Does anyone know if this tool, the DXE-UT-8213 designed to prep RG-8
>>> LMR-400 etc. will work on RG-11? I am thinking not as I thought part of
>>> the 50/75 ohm characteristic came from the spacing of the shield from
>>> the center ( I may also be completely wrong on that point). I could be
>>> all wet on this one as well but figured this might be the place to find
>>> the right answer, flame or not.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
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