Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Attach a PL-259 to a 1/2" hardline

[Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>]

What sort of hardline was that, anyhow?  It sure didn't look like Heliax 
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On 11/7/2012 7:13 AM, Hans Hammarquist wrote:
> The compression coupling costs ~$8/pcs (Lower and Home Depot) and the flare 
> coupling about the same, but is used for two attachments. I payed $1 for the 
> PL-259 so the total cost for me was $5 per coupling plus about 10 minuter extra 
> work (20 minutes to cut, drill and solder per two) per attachment.
>
>
> You can do the rest of the math. More important, I didn't now where I could get the 
> "right McCoy".
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> If you or somebody else have a link I will look in to it as I have several more 
> to do.
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> 73 de,
>
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> Hans - N2JFS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drax Felton <draxfelton@gmail.com>
> To: 'Hans Hammarquist' <hanslg@aol.com>; towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 6, 2012 9:04 pm
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Attach a PL-259 to a 1/2" hardline
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>
> How much cheaper is it than buying the right adapters?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Hans
> Hammarquist
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 7:25 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Attach a PL-259 to a 1/2" hardline
>
> I took some photos of my attempts to connect a PL-259 to "the common" 1/2 "
> hardline. The simple way is to use a 1/2 " compression union coupling but I
> also used a 1/2 " flare union coupling. That require soem "shop"-work but
> came out good (at least in my opinion.)
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> http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152183316018539.483422.579753538&;
> type=1&l=b1cad3f418
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> 73 de,
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>
> Hans - N2JFS
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