I agree. Just a "smidge," especially if they get any lateral stress
or wiggling over time.
As a new ham, I encountered some problems I could not resolve, including
poor tuner performance, transceiver shut down, and some stray RF.
Bob, K4TAX, on the Omni VII group suggested a cure - re-seat and really
tighten down all coax connections. Bang. No more problems.
Sometimes I have gotten some odd readings on my antenna analyzer because
I did not snug up the connector.
So not over-tight, but definitely snugged up, works best.
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Happy Trails.
======================= Richards / K8JHR =========================
On 7/28/2011 01:26, n8cc@mei.net wrote:
My experience has been, if I go 'just a smidge' past finger tight
with a small pair of 'puppy dog' pliers, and come back a year later,
ten out of ten UHF connectors will still be finger tight.
On the other hand, if I just go 'finger tight', a year later, nine
out of ten connectors will still be finger tight, and the tenth one
will invariably be 150 feet up my tower. Put me in the 'just a bit
more than finger tight' camp.
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