Jerry,
I fully understand.
I have been soldering PL-259's for years, like most of us
here on the forum. I do crimped connectors too. Took me awhile
to convince myself that a crimped connection was reliable, and it is.
But, I also get the iron out and solder PL-259's.
My elmer taught me how to solder a PL-259 when I became a novice in
1957. I've soldered
many a connector since then. It is very interesting for me to hear
about the different approaches.
The point I am attempting to make here is that our objective isn't
necessarily to rank different
connection approaches. Just sharing our experience with PL-259 connectors.
This discussion may go on and on as many do on the reflector. This is
what we do :-)
73,
Bob
K6UJ
On 5/12/16 1:29 PM, Jerry Gardner wrote:
It seems to me that people keep coming up with all sorts of wild and crazy
ways to solder PL-259 connectors. I suppose this is because the original
method developed by Amphenol decades ago has perceived shortcomings,
particularly in how that method prescribes soldering the coax braid to the
connector. Some of these "solutions" just make me wince, while others make
me a little nauseous.
The prep time involved with some of these methods is lengthy and tedious
and, in my opinion, unnecessary. Why go to all that trouble for something
as simple as connecting a connector to a cable? Just because hams seem to
be wedded to soldering? Using a coax prep tool and crimper, I can strip
coax and crimp a connector on in about 45 seconds from start to finish. Try
that with some of the bizarre methods advocated here and on other ham
websites.
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