Scott is correct. RF Industries has an excellent crimp tool, production
quality, and very economically priced. I have used & sold
various of their tools for years and use it in my company for commercial cable
assembly work. We are a distributor for RFI, so if you have any questions,
don't hesitate.
Ref. sealing connectors and their junctions to their cable: One person
mentioned a certain method, then covering it with "glue impregnated heat
shrink"… he is doing absolutely the right thing, as far as my recommendation
goes, regardless of what you do underneath it to seal. His terminology is
possibly more commonly known as "adhesive lined heat shrink" (HS), but with
the IMPORTANT caveat, that it is ALSO spec'd as UV RESISTANT. We sell a lot
of this HS to the marine industry who not only uses it outdoors on antenna,
GPS, Satfone, etc but also in the bilge (electrical wiring connections) where
water, oil and some chems will get at it (hopefully not gas-YIKES !) , to no
avail IF you buy the best stuff. I have some writeups if you want to read,
which includes, you can use certain AMp and Scotch tapes that sound good, are
not UV resistant for long enough, and you end up climbing that tower, tree or
on your roof in the middle of that DX contest, DX contact you were trying to
work, yada yada. "you can pay me now, or cost you more later…." HI,
contact me direct, save the bandwidth here, 73 , Steve K1PEK
Steve, K1PEK, Davis RF Co. Davis Rope and Cable Assembly Co.
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> I have the RF Industries RFA-4005 Crimp Tool Kit (with dies). I purchased
> mine from RFParts.com. The crimper works great with both name-brand
> (Amphenol) UHF connectors as well as cheapo eBay connectors.
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