In the aircraft/aerospace industry the tools are called "cannon plug pliers".
Just need to find the right size range for the connector in question.
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/cannonPliers.php
https://www.amazon.com/Tool-International-KTI54050-Pliers-Cannon/dp/B00N3YB4NW
https://www.mcmaster.com/cannon-plug-pliers
73,
Patrick, W7TMT
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Richard Smith
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 21:14
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Follow up on Coaxial Seal Removal
Wow! that's a huge pliers! 83 inches long!
Maybe not inches?
73, Rich, N6KT
On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 07:05:58 PM PDT, Grant Saviers
<grants2@pacbell.net> wrote:
Or for OCD's like me who don't want burrs on the barrels
https://www.amazon.com/PH-200-Non-marring-Plastic-Touch-Pliers/dp/B000ALF5EK/ref=sr_1_14?crid=1ZPOTLW1291U3&dchild=1&keywords=nylon+jaw+pliers&qid=1602812142&sprefix=nylon+jaw%2Caps%2C219&sr=8-14
nice tool from Japan
Grant KZ1W
On 10/15/2020 16:49, Ron Gorski wrote:
> It's a good idea to get in the habit of using two pair of gas pliers to cinch
> the connectors tight once the locking nubs are seated properly.
> Ron N9AU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Artek
> Manuals
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 6:32 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Follow up on Coaxial Seal Removal
>
> Thanks Chuck
>
> Had not seen that one ..interesting will do some more research
>
> The other lesson I have learned recently is to take great care that with the
> little locking bumps inside the PL259 males that one must take some care in
> making sure they fit into the matching V's of the female connector. They with
> get on the top of the V rather than down in the V and you think they are
> tight and then two months of temperature cycling you have an intermittent.
> PL259 L, T and Barrels are more prone to not seat properly than the standard
> PL259 on the end of a coax. I had one of these get so hot when running full
> legal limit on 6M that it would get hot enough to burn you !!
>
>
> Dave
> NR1DX
>
>
>
> On 10/15/2020 12:39 PM, Chuck Gooden wrote:
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> When you wrap the connectors again, do not use COAX Seal
>>
>> Have you seen this video?
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHiHCw0lsY
>>
>> I used a procedure similar to this when I was in the Navy on the HF
>> and UHF coax connectors. I used a couple of tie wraps to hold the
>> end of the tape down. The Scotch 2228 is not sticky but it sticks to
>> itself. You need to stretch it some as you wrap in around the
>> connector and cable. It comes off easy by taking a razor blade and
>> slicing it and peeling it off.
>>
>> Chuck K9LC
>>
>>
>> On 10/15/2020 7:27 AM, Artek Manuals wrote:
>>> A couple of weeks ago I asked for some ideas on how to remove soft
>>> black water sealant for connectors I commonly know as Coaxiseal.
>>>
>>> Several good answers and thanks to all who replied.
>>>
>>> The "Best" results IMO were
>>>
>>> 1) "Wait till it gets cold and peel it right off" . I was skeptical
>>> in Florida that it would ever get that cold but turns out that even
>>> at 68 degrees which It was the morning I climbed the tower last week
>>> that the stuff becomes significantly less "gooey" and I was able to
>>> peel 90% of it off fairly quickly so I can imagine for most of you
>>> farther north that this will work well
>>>
>>> 2) For the final 10% left from the myriad of suggestions I got that
>>> the stuff will succumb to just about any solvent. For doing the
>>> final shiny cleanup I found mineral spirits works very well as one
>>> of the least toxic of the many suggestions. Also much to my surprise
>>> isopropyl alcohol , while not quite a fast acting as the mineral
>>> spirits did a very good job of cleaning the final residue of type-N
>>> and PL259 connectors
>>>
>>> 3) For the future, the suggestion of wrapping the connectors with
>>> tape first before applying the sealing junk was a real duhh moment
>>> which I now use going forward.. I go well down on the coax, fold the
>>> tape over at the end and I have an easy removal "tab" for the next time.
>>>
>>> Tnxs again
>>> Dave
>>> NR1DX
>
> --
> Dave Manuals@ArtekManuals.com www.ArtekManuals.com
>
>
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